The challenge of screening for asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease in South Africa
Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain common in the population of South Africa. A recent screening study of asymptomatic schoolchildren in Mozambique and Cambodia makes a compelling case for a shift in the approach to screening for rheumatic heart disease from auscultation to port...
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Main Authors: | Liesl Zühlke, Bongani M. Mayosi |
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Language: | EN |
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South African Heart Association
2017
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/b5724d0ba0b64a0ea8c13eb7d8ccb81e |
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