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The natural history of rheumatic fever may be said to start with the streptococcal pharyngitis that precedes it by an interval (“latent period”) of 2 to 3 weeks (mean 18.6 days). The latent period of rheumatic fever is a little longer than that of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, and is of the same length in first attacks and in recurrences1.
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Taranta, A., Markowitz, M. (1989). Clinical manifestations. In: Rheumatic Fever. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1261-8_4
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