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A Preliminary study of the Epidemiology of Rheumatic Fever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Matthew Young
Matthew Young
Affiliation:
National Institute for Medical Research.
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There seems to be considerable evidence in favour of the view that the immediate cause of this acute infective fever is an organism in the form of a streptococcus although there does not yet appear to be unanimity as to the specific characteristics of the latter. With regard to the secondary or indirect or predisposing causes of the complaint, the agencies which influence favourably the development and activity of the organism and consequently the prevalence of the disease, there has been a definite tendency in recent years not only to abandon the hitherto prevailing opinion on the influence of certain meteorological factors, namely, that increase in the amount of rainfall and decrease in the temperature are generally associated with increased incidence of the disease but even to assert that the action of these factors is the reverse of this.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , November 1921 , pp. 248 - 257
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1921

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