Recent Developments

Even with the research being done the incidence of Acute Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are not declining, in fact recent figures state Acute Rheumatic Fever as 0.6 - 0.7/1 000 population in the USA and Japan compared with 15 - 21/1 000 population in Asia and Africa. The prevalence of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Sydenham's Chorea has declined progressively in developed countries over the last decades. However can still be found anywhere around the world.