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School-based surveillance for detection of children with acute pharyngitis, rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, India—A cluster randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: The lack of surveillance system is a major barrier in prevention and control of rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease (RF/RHD). Efficacy of school-based surveillance was evaluated for detection of acute pharyngitis and RF/RHD in Shimla district, HP. METHODS: The schools in district Shi...

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Autores principales: Negi, Prakash Chand, Merwaha, Rajeev, Rao, Shivani, Asotra, Sanjeev, Mahajan, Anjali, Joshi, Ashish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6309137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2018.05.015