The Laboratory of Infectious Disease Epidemiology is a basic ... RHD, a complication of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), develops as a result of strep throat (causative agent Streptococcus pyogenes).

A new study, published in mBio, employed a novel strategy to halt progression of rheumatic heart disease in a preclinical ...

Indian paediatric rheumatologists discuss early diagnosis and management of rheumatic disorders in children to prevent organ ...

UNLIKE certain other common diseases of childhood, rheumatic fever leaves no known immunity and seems to create an increased susceptibility to recurrent attacks. The effects of these recurrent ...

Though rare in the United States, it primarily impacts children ages 5 to 15 with untreated or undertreated strep throat ...