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Immediate plating of impetigo swabs is the gold standard for bacterial recovery but is rarely feasible in remote regions.

The median number of presentations per child in the first year of life was 21 with multiple reasons for presentation.

Differences in the immune response, detectable by gene expression, between individuals who are susceptible to ARF and those who are not

The prevalence of echocardiographically diagnosed RHD in adults in New Caledonia is estimated at 5.9 per 1000

In endemic areas, RHD has long been a target of screening programmes that, historically, have relied on cardiac auscultation.

This study adds to emerging data suggesting increasing importance of iGAS in low- and middle-income settings globally.

This chapter describes the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria, and management principles of acute rheumatic fever.

Over the last decade, a massive increase in data collection and analysis has occurred in many fields.

Scabies is endemic in many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, with 69% of infants infected in the first year of life.

There was evidence of extensive transmission of group A Streptococcus both within households and across the community