Assertion: rheumatic fever | /r/CapableOf | become rare
Facets:
value: in western countries
type: LOCATION
value: due to widespread use of antibiotics
type: CAUSE
value: since the 1960s
type: TEMPORAL
value: fairly
type: DEGREE
value: nonetheless
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In Western countries, rheumatic fever has become fairly rare since the 1960s, probably due to the widespread use of antibiotics to treat streptococcus infections.
text: But as use of antibiotics such as penicillin became more common in the 1960s, and as more poor children had access to better medical care, rheumatic fever became rare.
text: In Western countries, it became fairly rare since the 1960s, probably due to widespread use of antibiotics to treat streptococcus infections.
text: Rheumatic fever, nonetheless, has now become rare in developed countries, where the incidence is estimated at below 1 for each 100,000 of the population.49
text: Rheumatic fever, nonetheless, has now become rare in developed countries, where the incidence is estimated at below 1 for each 100,000 of the population.49
text: In Western countries, it became fairly rare since the 1960s, probably due to widespread use of antibiotics to treat streptococcus infections.
text: Rheumatic fever has become rare in many countries because the underlying disease, a bacterial infection of the tonsils, can be treated with antibiotics.