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Rheumatic fever in college students.

The results of three independent surveys concerned with rheumatic fever and heart disease in students at the University of California were assembled and found to be in close agreement. A full 2 per cent of all students believed they had had rheumatic fever; and several times that proportion gave a history of one of the rheumatic manifestations. Only 0.25 per cent had demonstrable rheumatic heart disease and 0.1 per cent had congenital heart disease. Physiologic murmurs may occur in 3 per cent or more of students entering college. Penicillin prophylaxis is important in persons with rheumatic he…