Targeted Echocardiographic Screening for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease in Northern Uganda: Evaluating Familial Risk Following Identification of an Index Case.

• Main Authors: Twalib Aliku (Author), Craig Sable (Author), Amy Scheel (Author), Alison Tompsett (Author), Peter Lwabi (Author), Emmy Okello (Author), Robert McCarter (Author), Marshall Summar (Author), Andrea Beaton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Echocardiographic screening for detection of latent RHD has shown potential as a strategy to decrease the burden of disease. However, further research is needed to determine optimal implementation strategies. RHD results from a complex interplay between environment and host susceptibility...