Standardization of Epidemiological Surveillance of Acute Rheumatic Fever .

Autor: Scheel A; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Beaton AZ; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA., Katzenellenbogen J; School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia., Parks T; Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital., Miller KM; Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia., Cherian T; MMGH Consulting, Geneva, Switzerland., Van Beneden CA; CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Cannon JW; Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia.; Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Moore HC; Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia., Bowen AC; Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia.; Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia., Carapetis JR; Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia.; Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2022 Sep 15; Vol. 9 (Suppl 1), pp. S41-S49. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 15 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac252
Abstrakt: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a multiorgan inflammatory disorder that results from the body's autoimmune response to pharyngitis or a skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A). Acute rheumatic fever mainly affects those in low- and middle-income nations, as well as in indigenous populations in wealthy nations, where initial Strep A infections may go undetected. A single episode of ARF puts a person at increased risk of developing long-term cardiac damage known as rheumatic heart disease. We present case definitions for both definite and possible ARF, including initial and recurrent episodes, according to the 2015 Jones Criteria, and we discuss current tests available to aid in the diagnosis. We outline the considerations specific to ARF surveillance methodology, including discussion on where and how to conduct active or passive surveillance (eg, early childhood centers/schools, households, primary healthcare, administrative database review), participant eligibility, and the surveillance population. Additional considerations for ARF surveillance, including implications for secondary prophylaxis and follow-up, ARF registers, community engagement, and the impact of surveillance, are addressed. Finally, the core elements of case report forms for ARF, monitoring and audit requirements, quality control and assurance, and the ethics of conducting surveillance are discussed.
Competing Interests: Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts of interest. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.
(© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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