Cole T O
Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Niger Med J. 1976 Apr;6(2):123-6.
This is a review of current literature on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in tropical and sub-tropical countries. The pattern involved in each case has been briefly described and compared with that in the temperate countries. Certain peculiarities in tropical and sub-tropical countries have been commented on and suggestions made for future research.
这是一篇关于热带和亚热带国家风湿热与风湿性心脏病的当前文献综述。对每个病例所涉及的模式进行了简要描述，并与温带国家的模式进行了比较。对热带和亚热带国家的某些特殊情况进行了评论，并对未来研究提出了建议。
