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Diagnostic test accuracy of simplified algorithms for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review [PDF]

Communications Medicine
Background Rheumatic heart disease, the long-term sequel to acute rheumatic fever, remains a prevalent public health problem in Africa and other low to middle-income regions of the world.
Rui Providencia, Ghazaleh Aali, Fang Zhu, Thomas Katairo, Mahmood Ahmad, Jonathan JH Bray, Ferruccio Pelone, Eloi Marijon, Miryan Cassandra, David S. Celermajer, Farhad Shokraneh   +10 more
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Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Bangladesh: A review

Indian Heart Journal, 2016
Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are the most-common cardiovascular disease in young people aged
A.K.M. Monwarul Islam, A.A.S. Majumder
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Revisiting The Value of Anti-streptolysin O Titer in Children with Rheumatic Fever [PDF]

Pediatric Sciences Journal, 2022
Background: Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are the significant non-suppurative late sequelae of group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infection.
Mohamed S. Eid, Fatma Al Zahraa Mostafa, Hend Hamed Tamim, Mohamed Elberry, Shaimaa Sayed   +4 more
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Rheumatic Fever [PDF]

BMJ, 1952
C. B. Perry
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"THE ETIOLOGY OF RHEUMATIC FEVER." [PDF]

The Lancet, 1900
Alfred Mantle
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Anaemia of Rheumatic Fever [PDF]

BMJ, 1951
Joel B. Cochran
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Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Highlighting the Role of Group A Streptococcus in the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease

Pathogens, 2022
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes superficial and invasive infections and immune mediated post-infectious sequalae (including acute rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease).
T. Auala, Ben’Lauro Goncalves Zavale, A. Mbakwem, A. Mocumbi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Estimated total cardiovascular risk in a rural area of Bangladesh: a household level cross-sectional survey done by local community health workers

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective The aim of this study was to estimate 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among Bangladeshi rural community residents, using the 2014 WHO/International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) risk prediction charts.Study design Cross-sectional ...
Mohammad Mostafa Zaman, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Kamrun Nahar Chowdhury, Salma Zareen, AHM Enayet Hossain   +4 more
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Therapeutics for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Australian Prescriber, 2022
SUMMARY The goals of acute rheumatic fever therapy are to relieve symptoms, mitigate cardiac valve damage and eradicate streptococcal infection. Preventing future recurrences requires long-term secondary antibiotic prophylaxis and ongoing prevention of ...
A. Ralph, B. Currie
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Rising Ethnic Inequalities in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease, New Zealand, 2000–2018

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
These conditions disproportionately affect Māori and Pacific Islanders, particularly those living in high socioeconomic deprivation.
Julie Bennett, Jane Zhang, William Leung, S. Jack, J. Oliver, R. Webb, N. Wilson, Dianne Sika-Paotonu, M. Harwood, M. Baker   +9 more
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