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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its chronic sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have become rare in most affluent populations, but remain unchecked in developing countries and in some poor, mainly indigenous populations in wealthy countries. More than a century of research, mainly in North America and Europe, has improved our understanding of ARF and RHD. However, whether traditional views need to be updated in view of the epidemiological shift of the past 50 years is still to be established, and improved data from developing countries are needed. Doctors who work in populations with a high incidence of ARF are adapting existing diagnostic guidelines to increase their sensitivity. Group A streptococcal vaccines are still years away from being available and, even if the obstacles of serotype coverage and safety can be overcome, their cost could make them inaccessible to the populations that need them most. New approaches to primary prevention are needed given the limitations of primary prophylaxis as a population-based strategy. The most effective approach for control of ARF and RHD is secondary prophylaxis, which is best delivered as part of a coordinated control programme. 相似文献
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Through a comprehensive review of the recent findings on rheumatic fever, we intend to propose a new physiopathologic model
for this disease. A Medline search was performed for all articles containing the terms rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart
disease in title or abstract from 1970 to 2011. Best evidence qualitative technique was used to select the most relevant.
The scientific interest on rheumatic fever has notably diminished throughout the twentieth century as evidenced by the comparison
of the proportion of articles in which RF was a subject in 1950 (0.26%) and today (0.03%) [Pubmed]. However, RF remains a
major medical and social problem in the developing world and in the so-called hotspots, where it still causes around 500.000
deaths each year, not too different from the pre-antibiotic era. The role of genetic factors in RF susceptibility is discussed.
Familiar aggregation, similarity of disease patterns between siblings, identical twin, and HLA correlation studies are evidence
for a genetic influence on RF susceptibility. The suspect-involved genes fall mainly into those capable of immunologic mediation.
Molecular mimicry explains the triggering of RF, but an intense and sustained inflammation is needed to cause sequels. Also,
RF patients vary greatly in terms of symptoms. It is likely that a genetic background directing immune response towards a
predominantly Th1 or Th2 pattern contributes to these features. The recent findings on rheumatic fever provide important insight
on its physiopathology that helps understanding this prototype post-infectious autoimmune disease giving insights on other
autoimmune conditions. 相似文献
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