Preventive medicine has helped to eradicate streptococ¬cus not only by the use of antibiotics but also through the relief of overcrowding and the improvement of sanitation and ventilation in disadvantaged socioeconomic groups. Thus, rheumatic fever is now rare in North America but is common in India, Pakistan, Africa, the West Indies, and South America.

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