TY  - Report




PY  - 2013
T1  - Rheumatic heart disease and acute rheumatic fever in Australia: 1996-2011
PB  - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare


DO  - https://doi.org/APO-33249
UR  - https://apo.org.au/node/33249

AB  - Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is rare in most developed countries, but  rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are among the  highest in the world based on available data. Rheumatic heart disease  (RHD), which can be prevented by adequate treatment of ARF, also occurs  at very high rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
ER  -