caa a22 4500 388115483 CHVBK 20180307125405.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199905 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1047951100004893 doi S1047951100004893 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1047951100004893 Rheumatic fever [Elektronische Daten] In recent years, rheumatic fever has been declining in the industrialized countries, and has became a rare disease. In developing areas, nonetheless, the sequels of its cardiac involvement have important implications from the stance of public health, and this disease is still the main cause of heart disease in children and young adults. From a historical perspective, the long-term prevention and the control of socioeconomic problems have been proven to be effective, and it is these measures which have contributed to the decline of the disease in developed countries. But, due to its present high prevalence around the world, and the potential for his resurgence, this disease remains an unsolved problem. Furthermore, the complete understanding of its pathophysiology remains a challenge. In this presentation, we will discuss our experience with epidemiological, clinical and prophylatic aspects of this enigmatic disease, and the strategies we have developed to study and control heumatic fever in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999 Rheumatic fever nationallicence rheumatic heart disease nationallicence streptococcal infection nationallicence prevention nationallicence Cleonice de Carvalho Coelho Mota, Chief, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, Brazil Meira Zilda Maria Alves Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Cardiology in the Young Cambridge University Press 9/3(1999-05), 239-248 1047-9511 9:3<239 1999 9 CTY https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951100004893 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951100004893 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cleonice de Carvalho Coelho Mota Chief, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, Brazil NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meira Zilda Maria Alves Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cardiology in the Young Cambridge University Press 9/3(1999-05), 239-248 1047-9511 9:3<239 1999 9 CTY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge