Acute Rheumatic Fever: Recent Advances

Hilary A Hardefeldt¹, Anferida Monteiro Fernandes², Jennifer Yan^{1

2}, Joshua R Francis^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital.
² Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.

Hilary A Hardefeldt et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 1;42(2):e42-e44.

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003708. Epub 2022 Sep 8.

Hilary A Hardefeldt¹, Anferida Monteiro Fernandes², Jennifer Yan^{1

2}, Joshua R Francis^{1

2}

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital.
² Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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