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. 2005 Jul;35(3):160-1.
doi: 10.1258/0049475054620879.

Prevalence of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in rural Bangladesh

Jasimuddin Ahmed  1 , M Mostafa Zaman, M M Monzur Hassan
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Prevalence of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in rural Bangladesh

Jasimuddin Ahmed et al. Trop Doct. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

A community-based study was done on 5923 rural Bangladeshi children aged 5-15 years to determine the prevalence of rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). The prevalence was found to be 1.2 (95% confidence interval 0.3-2.1) per 1000 for RF defined by revised Jones criteria and 1.3 (0.4-2.2) per 1000 for Doppler echocardiography-confirmed RHD.

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