Need for Creating Awareness of Treating Sore Throats

Researchers led by Dr Liesl Zuhlke and Dr Mark E Engel from the University of Cape Town in South Africa have underlined the importance of creating awareness of treating sore throat caused by group A streptococcal (GAS) infection, especially in resource-limited conditions, as they could be a precursor to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) or rheumatic heart disease RHD. They said that the importance of these efforts needs to be recognised and barriers to awareness and education ...