Recent Advances in the Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Continuum
Rwebembera J, Nascimento B, Minja N, de Loizaga S, Aliku T, dos Santos L, Galdino B, Corte L, Silva V, Chang A, Dutra W, Nunes M, Beaton A. Recent Advances in the Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Continuum. Pathogens 2022, 11: 179. PMID: 35215123, PMCID: PMC8878614, DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11020179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRheumatic heart diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virusRheumatic feverLatent rheumatic heart diseaseManagement of rheumatic heart diseaseGroup A <i>Streptococcus</i>Burden of rheumatic heart diseaseSecondary antibiotic prophylaxisAntibiotic prophylaxisGAS pharyngitisEchocardiographic screeningImmunodeficiency virusDiagnostic strategiesHeart diseaseTertiary managementVaccine developmentMiddle-income countriesNarrative reviewDisease continuumRF/RHDDiseaseFeverGlobal eradicationInfectious diseasesRheumatism