Rheumatic fever in a developed country - is it still relevant? A retrospective, 25 years follow-up

• Main Authors: Rotem Tal (Author), Mohamad Hamad Saied (Author), Razi Zidani (Author), Yoel Levinsky (Author), Rachel Straussberg (Author), Jacob Amir (Author), Gil Amarilyo (Author), Liora Harel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Our aims were to clinically and epidemiologically characterize rheumatic fever (RF) in the current era in Israel. Although there has been a steady decline in the incidence of RF in the western world, evidence of disease resurgence in developed countries continues to be published....