Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease among Peruvian Children: A Two-Stage Sampling Observational Study

• Ernest Spitzer,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

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• Jorge Mercado,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiology CardioSalud, Arequipa, Peru

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• Fabian Islas,

  Affiliation University Hospital San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

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• Martina Rothenbühler,

  Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine and Clinical Trials Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Reto Kurmann,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

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• Fabian Zürcher,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

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• Peter Krähenmann,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

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• Nassip Llerena,

  Affiliation National Hospital Carlos Alberto Seguín Escobedo, Arequipa, Peru

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• Peter Jüni,

  Affiliation Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Pedro Torres,

  Affiliations Institute of Cardiology CardioSalud, Arequipa, Peru, National Hospital Carlos Alberto Seguín Escobedo, Arequipa, Peru

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• Thomas Pilgrim

  * E-mail: thomas.pilgrim@insel.ch

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

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