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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Pubblicato in:J Am Heart Assoc
Autori principali: 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
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Accesso online: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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