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Table 1 PubMed search strategy, modified as needed for use in other databases a

From: Health education interventions to raise awareness of rheumatic fever: a systematic review protocol

Search

PubMed

1

(awareness) OR (“health promotion”) OR (intervention) OR (“health educat*”)

2

(“rheumatic fever” [MeSH]) OR (“rheumatic heart disease” [MeSH]) OR ([tiab])

3

(streptococ*) OR (“group A strept*”) OR (GAS) OR (“strept* pyogenes”)

4

(“sore throat”) OR (pharyngitis) OR (“throat infection”)

5

1 AND 2

6

1 AND 3

7

1 AND 4

8

5 AND 6 AND 7

  1. *, wildcard term as per database notation; aMeSH, medical subject heading.