Heart disease is rampant in our communities, in particular
Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease.
Scientists have mapped the genome of a bacterium responsible for the heart - damaging illness known as
acute rheumatic fever.
Not exact matches
Scabies wounds often become infected by Group A streptococcus bacteria, which can cause
rheumatic fever,
acute kidney disease and
rheumatic heart disease.