RHEUMATIC (17 July, 2017 Monday / 13:30 - 15:30)

Rheumatic: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Prevention of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD)
13:30 - 13:50 Novel immunological aspects in Acute Rheumatic Fever
Luisa Guilherme, Brazil
13:50 – 14:10 Genetic Susceptibility to RHD
Tom Parks, UK
14:10 – 14:30 Vaccine against RF current status and future hope
Andrew Steer, Australia
14:30 – 14:50 Penicillin: forms, supply, safety and frequency
Masood Sadiq, Pakistan
14:50 – 15:10 RHD registries: lessons from successful registry systems
Nigel Wilson, New Zealand
15:10 – 15:30 Discussion