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Are some people more prone to getting rheumatic fever?
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Yes: People who are living in close quarters to each other are more prone to infection with group a streptococci because it is passed from person to person this way. There is no known genetic predisposition, but certain strains of this bacteria produce a higher incidence of rheumatic fever in persons who get strep throat.
Answered 3/1/2012
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Yes: Rheumatic fever is usually the result of an untreated throat infection with a streptococcus bacteria but in a patient with an underlying predisposition for the disease. Also, if you have already had the disease, you are more prone to having a recurrence.
Answered 9/9/2014
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