BYU ScholarsArchive

Title

Finding a Link Between Impetigo and Rheumatic Heart Disease

Authors

Lindsey Meservey, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Thomas Knapp, Brigham Young University - Provo
Nathan Mella, Brigham Young University - Provo
Tyler Heaton, Brigham Young University - Provo
Tanner Heaton, Brigham Young University - Provo
Jonathon Hill, Brigham Young University - Provo
Paul Savage, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

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Keywords

rheumatic heart disease, strep throat infections, strep infections of the skin, Samoa, autoimmune response

Abstract

Rheumatic heart disease is a deadly condition pervasive in tropical third world countries like Samoa. In order to prevent rheumatic heart disease, we seek to understand the origins of rheumatic heart disease. Specifically, we want to understand if streptococcal infections of the skin, commonly called impetigo, could be responsible for triggering rheumatic heart disease.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Meservey, Lindsey; Knapp, Thomas; Mella, Nathan; Heaton, Tyler; Heaton, Tanner; Hill, Jonathon; and Savage, Paul, "Finding a Link Between Impetigo and Rheumatic Heart Disease" (2019). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2019. 4.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2019/4

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2019-04-05

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

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