Biomaterial Database

Epidemiology of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease with surveillance of hemolytic streptococcus. 1977

Y Shiokawa, and T Yamada

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007564	Japan	A country in eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The capital is Tokyo.	Bonin Islands
D008403	Mass Screening	Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.	Screening,Mass Screenings,Screening, Mass,Screenings,Screenings, Mass
D010614	Pharynx	A funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube that conducts food to the ESOPHAGUS, and air to the LARYNX and LUNGS. It is located posterior to the NASAL CAVITY; ORAL CAVITY; and LARYNX, and extends from the SKULL BASE to the inferior border of the CRICOID CARTILAGE anteriorly and to the inferior border of the C6 vertebra posteriorly. It is divided into the NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; and HYPOPHARYNX (laryngopharynx).	Throat,Pharynxs,Throats
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012213	Rheumatic Fever	A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES. It is characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (POLYARTHRITIS) and brain, and by the presence of ASCHOFF BODIES in the myocardium and skin.	Acute Rheumatic Fever,Arthritis, Rheumatic, Acute,Rheumatism, Articular, Acute,Arthritis, Acute Rheumatic,Inflammatory Rheumatism,Polyarthritis Rheumatica,Rheumatic Arthritis,Rheumatism, Acute Articular,Acute Articular Rheumatism,Acute Articular Rheumatisms,Acute Rheumatic Arthritides,Acute Rheumatic Arthritis,Acute Rheumatic Fevers,Arthritis, Rheumatic,Articular Rheumatism, Acute,Fever, Acute Rheumatic,Fever, Rheumatic,Fevers, Acute Rheumatic,Inflammatory Rheumatisms,Polyarthritis Rheumaticas,Rheumatic Arthritides,Rheumatic Arthritis, Acute,Rheumatic Fever, Acute,Rheumatic Fevers,Rheumatism, Inflammatory
D012214	Rheumatic Heart Disease	Cardiac manifestation of systemic rheumatological conditions, such as RHEUMATIC FEVER. Rheumatic heart disease can involve any part the heart, most often the HEART VALVES and the ENDOCARDIUM.	Bouillaud Disease,Bouillaud's Disease,Bouillauds Disease,Disease, Bouillaud,Disease, Bouillaud's,Disease, Rheumatic Heart,Diseases, Rheumatic Heart,Heart Disease, Rheumatic,Heart Diseases, Rheumatic,Rheumatic Heart Diseases
D013290	Streptococcal Infections	Infections with bacteria of the genus STREPTOCOCCUS.	Group A Strep Infection,Group A Streptococcal Infection,Group A Streptococcal Infections,Group B Strep Infection,Group B Streptococcal Infection,Group B Streptococcal Infections,Infections, Streptococcal,Infection, Streptococcal,Streptococcal Infection
D013297	Streptococcus pyogenes	A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria isolated from skin lesions, blood, inflammatory exudates, and the upper respiratory tract of humans. It is a group A hemolytic Streptococcus that can cause SCARLET FEVER and RHEUMATIC FEVER.	Flesh-Eating Bacteria,Streptococcus Group A,Bacteria, Flesh-Eating