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Journal of International Medical Research, 2023 Streptococcal infection is a common cause of acute glomerulonephritis. Cardiac damage associated with streptococcal infection commonly occurs in acute rheumatic fever.
Shihui Hou +3 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2014 Rheumatic fever remains endemic in many countries and frequently causes heart failure due to severe chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease, which requires surgical treatment.
Guilherme S. Spina +5 more
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A brief review on Group A Streptococcus pathogenesis and vaccine development [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS), is a Gram-positive human-exclusive pathogen, responsible for more than 500 000 deaths annually worldwide. Upon infection, GAS commonly triggers mild symptoms such as pharyngitis, pyoderma
Sowmya Ajay Castro +1 more
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Güncel Pediatri, 2014 Rheumatic heart disease, a sequela to acute rheumatic fever (ARF), is a major cause of acquired heart disease in children and young adults in developing countries.
Osman Yılmaz +2 more
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Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: what's new?
Klinicist, 2023 Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable heart disease that remains endemic in developing countries. More than 30 million people in the world suffer from RHD, of which approximately 300,000 die every year, despite the fact that this disease is ...
D. Yu. Andriyashkina +3 more
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Detecting T-cell receptors involved in immune responses from single repertoire snapshots [PDF]
PLoS Biol 17(6): e3000314 (2019), 2018 Hypervariable T-cell receptors (TCR) play a key role in adaptive immunity, recognising a vast diversity of pathogen-derived antigens. High throughput sequencing of TCR repertoires (RepSeq) produces huge datasets of T-cell receptor sequences from blood and tissue samples.
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Screening and characterization of myositis‐related autoantibodies in COVID‐19 patients
Clinical and Translational Science, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 140-150, January 2023., 2023 Abstract An efficient host immune response against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2, COVID‐19) appears to be crucial for controlling and resolving this viral infection. However, many studies have reported autoimmune characteristics in severe COVID‐19 patients.
Kai‐Fa Teo +7 more
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Tenascin-C: as a diagnostic biomarker for rheumatic heart disease
Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2023 Background Rheumatic fever is a long-term inflammatory disease that can happen if group A beta-hemolytic streptococci bacteria are not treated well enough.
Maha M. A. Abo-Hashish +5 more
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Uncontrollable movements of right upper and lower extremities in a child: A diagnostic puzzle
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021 We describe a case of a 9‐year‐old child who presented with uncontrollable, involuntary movements associated with a recent streptococcal infection and echocardiographic evidence of valvulitis.
Rucha Patki +3 more
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Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Experimental Evidence From Milk Fever Incidence in Dairy Animals of Haryana, India [PDF]
, 2021 Calcium deficiency in high yielding bovines during calving causes milk fever which leads to economic losses of around INR 1000 crores (USD 137 million) per annum in Haryana, India. With increasing milk production, the risk of milk fever is continuously rising.
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