The changing face of rheumatic fever in the 20th century

J Med Microbiol. 1998 Aug;47(8):655-7. doi: 10.1099/00222615-47-8-655.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins*
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology
  • Carrier Proteins / immunology
  • Carrier State / epidemiology
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Humans
  • Pharyngitis / epidemiology
  • Pharyngitis / microbiology*
  • Rheumatic Fever / epidemiology
  • Rheumatic Fever / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / classification
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / immunology
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / pathogenicity*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Virulence

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • streptococcal M protein