Question 26 · LEK · Rheumatic fever
When, after streptococcal infection, do the symptoms of rheumatic fever appear?
- A. during the infection.
- B. immediately after the infection is over.
- C. 3-4 weeks after the infection is over.
- D. 2-3 months after the infection is over.
- E. half a year after the infection is over.
Hint
Rheumatic fever is an immune-mediated rather than a direct infectious process, so antibodies need time to form.
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