Preventing rheumatic fever: M-protein based vaccine
Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus (GAS), the organism which initiates rheumatic fever (RF) continues to be sensitive to penicillin. However, penicillin cannot prevent RF if the preceding sore throat is asymptomatic in more than 70 percent children. Prevention of rheumatic fever (RF) may be possib...
Main Author: | Rajendra Tandon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-01-01
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Series: | Indian Heart Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483213003957 |
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