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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Rheumatic Fever"”.
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Temporal logic-based fuzzy decision support system for diagnosis of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
… (CDSS) for diagnosis and recognition of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) at an early stage by developing/adopting UK’s and NHF’s treatment practices and procedures that would be appropriate for the Nepalese environment and lifestyle. The Application we developed was …
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Circulating immune complexes in acute rheumatic carditis
… is known to be the aetiologic agent in acute rheumatic fever, but the exact pathogenesis remains obscure. A review of the histopathology of the Aschoff body suggests that the cardiac pathology is a granulomatous hypersensitivity reaction. However the streptococcus has not been found in the …
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An Epidemiological Evaluation of Antagonism Between the Normal Throat Flora and Group a Streptococci
… A streptococcal pharyngitis and its sequela of rheumatic fever have been extensively studied. Estimates of the incidence of streptococcal pharyngitis in the United States have ranged from 400,000 to 7 million cases annually. Case rates are highest in the winter and spring months, and children …
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Streptococcal colonization of host mucosal surfaces: a study of biofilm formation and dispersal
… and the post-infectious sequelae acute rheumatic fever and acute rheumatic heart disease. Thus, rather than exploit a singular niche, GAS has evolved to colonize and disseminate within several physiologically distinct anatomical sites of the human host. Such versatility requires the …
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A study of determinants and prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Cape Town
Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a post-infectious immune disease ascribed to an interaction between a rheumatogenic strain of group A streptococcus, a susceptible host who lives in poor social conditions with limited access to medical facilities. The disease process begins with repeated group A …
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Investigation of circulatory and tissue-specific metabolomic biomarkers in valvular heart disease using mass spectrometry
… specific metabolic biomarkers in patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and degenerative aortic stenosis (AS), compared to matched, healthy controls. The study hypothesis was that cardiac tissue obtained from heart valve biopsies from RHD and degenerative AS patients would have distinct …
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Genomic insights into Group A Streptococcus pathogenesis
… or undertreated GAS pharyngitis include Rheumatic Fever (RF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD). Despite evidence for the effectiveness of antibiotics such as penicillin, the burden of GAS remains high in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared to high-income countries (HIC), …
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Outcomes of asymptomatic and symptomatic rheumatic heart disease
Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a leading cause of heart disease in children and young adults in the developing world, with significant associated morbidity and mortality. Early secondary prophylaxis may retard the deleterious progression from its antecedent, acute rheumatic fever to permanent …
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Communicable Diseases Epidemiology
… of Aboriginal people diagnosed with Q fever in NSW, particularly in Western NSW. Following indirect standardisation, we found that Aboriginal people across Western NSW were notified with Q fever almost 35% more often as non-Indigenous people living in the same area. Aboriginal people …
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Communicable Diseases Epidemiology
… of Aboriginal people diagnosed with Q fever in NSW, particularly in Western NSW. Following indirect standardisation, we found that Aboriginal people across Western NSW were notified with Q fever almost 35% more often as non-Indigenous people living in the same area. Aboriginal people …
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Communicable Disease Control in New South Wales and globally
… in EVD-affected countries and elsewhere. Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and its sequelae, Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) are conditions thought to be rare in NSW. With an aim of improving cardiac outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, NSW Health committed to establishing a …
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Communicable Disease Control in New South Wales and globally
… in EVD-affected countries and elsewhere. Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and its sequelae, Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) are conditions thought to be rare in NSW. With an aim of improving cardiac outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, NSW Health committed to establishing a …
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Towards Rheumatic Heart Disease vaccine development: Defining host immune responses to Group A Streptococcal infection in Cape Town
… limiting post-sequelae diseases such as acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Due to the limited supply of penicillin, adherence issues and problems associated with the diagnosis of post-sequelae diseases, a vaccine is thought to be the way forward on reducing the …