ARF and RHD are diseases of poverty, driven by poor sanitation, overcrowding, malnutrition and limited access to health care. In 2015, RHD ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListScientificReportsPMC6863880SciRep.2019;9:17022.Publishedonline2019Nov19.doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53540-4PMCID:PMC6863880PMID:31745178Prevalenceandprogressionofrheumaticheartdisease:aglobalsystematicreviewandmeta-analysisofpopulation-basedechocardiographicstudiesJeanJacquesNoubiap,1ValirieN.Agbor,2JeanJoelBigna,3,4ArnaudD.Kaze,5,6UlrichFloreNyaga,7andBonganiM.Mayosi1,8JeanJacquesNoubiap1CentreforHeartRhythmDisorders,UniversityofAdelaideandRoyalAdelaideHospital,Adelaide,AustraliaFindarticlesbyJeanJacquesNoubiapValirieN.Agbor2NuffieldDepartmentofPopulationHealth,UniversityofOxford,Oxford,UnitedKingdomFindarticlesbyValirieN.AgborJeanJoelBigna3DepartmentofEpidemiologyandPublicHealth,CentrePasteurofCameroon,Yaoundé,Cameroon4SchoolofPublicHealth,FacultyofMedicine,UniversityofParisSudXI,LeKremlin-Bicêtre,FranceFindarticlesbyJeanJoelBignaArnaudD.Kaze5DepartmentofMedicine,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,MAUSA6DepartmentofMedicine,UniversityofMarylandMedicalCenterMidtownCampus,Baltimore,MDUSAFindarticlesbyArnaudD.KazeUlrichFloreNyaga7DepartmentofInternalMedicineandSpecialties,FacultyofMedicineandBiomedicalSciences,UniversityofYaoundéI,Yaoundé,CameroonFindarticlesbyUlrichFloreNyagaBonganiM.Mayosi1CentreforHeartRhythmDisorders,UniversityofAdelaideandRoyalAdelaideHospital,Adelaide,Australia8TheDean’sOffice,FacultyofHealthSciences,UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfricaFindarticlesbyBonganiM.MayosiAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1CentreforHeartRhythmDisorders,UniversityofAdelaideandRoyalAdelaideHospital,Adelaide,Australia2NuffieldDepartmentofPopulationHealth,UniversityofOxford,Oxford,UnitedKingdom3DepartmentofEpidemiologyandPublicHeal