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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7792248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32750303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.016053

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7792248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32750303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.016053

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