Rheumatic fever: incidence in Pinar del Rio from 1986 to 1996

• Main Authors: Raimundo López Rodríguez (Author), José A. González Rodríguez (Author), Orlando Martínez Hernández (Author), Fidel Manuel Cáceres Lóriga (Author), Porfirio Nordet Cardona (Author), Alberto Hernández Cañero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: ECIMED, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The incidence of acute rheumatic fever from 1986 was studied among the habitual residents of the province of Pinar del Rio aged 5-25. All those patients who probably suffered from the disease (codes 390-398, 421-428, 710 and 710-715) and were hospitalized during that period were registered. The crit...