Salie, M. Taariq
Yang, Jing
Ramírez Medina, Carlos R.
Zühlke, Liesl J.
Chishala, Chishala
Ntsekhe, Mpiko
Gitura, Bernard
Ogendo, Stephen
Okello, Emmy
Lwabi, Peter
Musuku, John
Mtaja, Agnes
Hugo-Hamman, Christopher
El-Sayed, Ahmed
Damasceno, Albertino
Mocumbi, Ana
Bode-Thomas, Fidelia
Yilgwan, Christopher
Amusa, Ganiyu A.
Nkereuwem, Esin
Shaboodien, Gasnat
Da Silva, Rachael
Lee, Dave Chi Hoo
Frain, Simon
Geifman, Nophar
Whetton, Anthony D.
Keavney, Bernard
Engel, Mark E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1334-8829
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (099313/B/12/A)
South African National Research Foundation (116287)
American Heart Association (NW17SFRN33630027)
Newton Fund
UK Medical Research Council
Article History
Received: 24 September 2021
Accepted: 28 February 2022
First Online: 22 March 2022
Declarations
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: The Genetics of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHDGen) Network is a project within Human Hereditary and Health Africa (H3Africa) [CitationRef removed]. The University of Cape Town Human Research Ethics Committee approved the present study as a sub study of RHDGen. Written informed consent was given for all cases and controls included into the study. The present study conforms to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed].
: All consents obtained prior to publication.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.