Strep A Bacteria Kill Half A Million People A Year. Why Don’t We Have A Vaccine?
Beaton and her colleagues have launched a trial to try to disrupt the progression from strep infection to heart disease. By the time people in Uganda get a diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease, Beaton says, 85% are in a severe condition. Overall, the trial has screened the hearts of more than 102,000 schoolchildren, reaching its goal of finding 916 kids with early-stage rheumatic heart disease who can be enrolled into the next stage, being randomly assigned into one of two groups.
Source: digg.com