Proposed Rheumatic Fever Primary Prevention Plan - Guideline
Guidelines for rheumatic fever: Proposed Rheumatic Fever Primary Prevention Plan (2009).
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The following Proposed Rheumatic Fever Primary Prevention Programme was published in 2009. As a result of the 2019 update to the Group A Streptococcal Sore Throat Management Guideline, the definition of high risk for rheumatic fever has changed but is not updated in this document.
Guidelines for rheumatic fever: Proposed rheumatic fever primary prevention plan (2009) | Group A Streptococcal Sore Throat Management Guideline: Update 2019 |
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Populations at high risk of rheumatic fever:
| The population at High Risk for Rheumatic Fever is defined as those individuals who have a personal, family or household history of rheumatic fever, or who have two or more of the following criteria:
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