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Rheumatic fever bi-annual report July 2017 - June 2018

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Summary

This report provides an overview of rheumatic fever in New Zealand in 2017/18 using both notification data from EpiSurv and hospitalisation data from the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS). The information presented is based on data recorded on EpiSurv as at 12 October 2018 and on the NMDS as at 5 September 2018.

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