The role of social determinants of health in the risk and prevention of group A streptococcal infection, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: A systematic review.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Pasqualina M Coffey (مؤلف), Anna P Ralph (مؤلف), Vicki L Krause (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: Connect to this object online.

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses a major disease burden among disadvantaged populations globally. It results from acute rheumatic fever (ARF), a complication of Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infection. These conditions are acknowledged as diseases of poverty, however the role of specific social and...