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Rheumatic fever is caused in a small percentage of persons having a throat infection withHaemolytic streptococci; appears a few weeks after the throat infection; and is thought to be the result of hypersensitivity reaction caused by products elaborated by the streptococci.
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Sahadevan, M.G. Modern concepts in acute rheumatic fever—A review. Indian J Pediatr 32, 57–66 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02752099
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