JCI Insight - PhIP-Seq uncovers marked heterogeneity in acute rheumatic fever autoantibodies 2Maurice Wilkins Centre for Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Māori and Pacific New Zealanders disproportionately affected by #AcuteRheumaticFever and #RheumaticHeartDisease. Read the study investigating epidemiology of repeated bacterial skin infections within Auckland, New Zealand in the Journal of #Infection 👉 champ.ly/oN6768Kl