Viart P, Gallez A
Eur J Cardiol. 1978 Apr-May;7(2-3):189-95.
106 cases of first attack of acute rheumatic fever were recorded during a decade (ending in 1974) in a Brussels pediatric clinic. 56 patients were Belgian and 50 were children of immigrants. The incidence of acute carditis was 23% among the former, 46% among the latter (P less than or equal to 0.01), and 34% among the whole group. The frequency of residual heart disease after a 3-yr antistreptococcal prophylaxis fell to 20% among the whole group. The difference in morbidity observed between Belgian children and children of immigrants calls for a prospective epidemiological study.
在布鲁塞尔一家儿科诊所记录了十年间（截至1974年）首次发作急性风湿热的106例病例。56例患者是比利时人，50例是移民儿童。前者急性心脏炎的发病率为23%，后者为46%（P≤0.01），全组发病率为34%。经过3年抗链球菌预防后，全组残留心脏病的发生率降至20%。比利时儿童与移民儿童之间观察到的发病率差异需要进行前瞻性流行病学研究。
