Preventing rheumatic fever: M-protein based vaccine

Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus (GAS), the organism which initiates rheumatic fever (RF) continues to be sensitive to penicillin. However, penicillin cannot prevent RF if the preceding sore throat is asymptomatic in more than 70 percent children. Prevention of rheumatic fever (RF) may be possib...

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Autor principal: Tandon, Rajendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24581098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2013.12.017

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24581098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2013.12.017

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