Active Case Finding for Rheumatic Fever in an Endemic Country

BACKGROUND: Despite the high burden of rheumatic heart disease in sub‐Saharan Africa, diagnosis with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is exceedingly rare. Here, we report the results of the first prospective epidemiologic survey to diagnose and characterize ARF at the community level in Africa. METHODS A...

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Udgivet i:J Am Heart Assoc
Main Authors: Okello, Emmy, Ndagire, Emma, Atala, Jenifer, Bowen, Asha C., DiFazio, Marc P., Harik, Nada S., Longenecker, Chris T., Lwabi, Peter, Murali, Meghna, Norton, Scott A., Omara, Isaac Otim, Oyella, Linda Mary, Parks, Tom, Pulle, Jafesi, Rwebembera, Joselyn, Sarnacki, Rachel J., Spurney, Christopher F., Stein, Elizabeth, Tochen, Laura, Watkins, David, Zimmerman, Meghan, Carapetis, Jonathan R., Sable, Craig, Beaton, Andrea
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7792248/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32750303
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.016053
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