In Search of the Holy Grail: A Specific Diagnostic Test for Rheumatic Fever

In Search of the Holy Grail: A Specific Diagnostic Test for Rheumatic Fever

Current diagnosis of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (ARF/RHD) relies on a battery of clinical observations aided by technologically advanced diagnostic tools and non-specific laboratory tests. The laboratory-based assays fall into two categories: those that (1) detect “evidence of...

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Main Authors: David J. McMillan, Rukshan A. M. Rafeek, Robert E. Norton, Michael F. Good, Kadaba S. Sriprakash, Natkunam Ketheesan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
rheumatic fever
rheumatic heart disease
diagnostic test (MeSH)
group A streptococcus
M protein
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.674805/full

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