{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]],"date-time":"2026-03-27T13:11:12Z","timestamp":1774617072946,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":30,"publisher":"Ubiquity Press, Ltd.","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,27]]},"DOI":"10.5334\/gh.1414","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,27]],"date-time":"2025-03-27T05:56:18Z","timestamp":1743054978000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Rheumatic Valvulopathy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study of Cameroonian Urban Schools"],"prefix":"10.5334","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8995-5038","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chris Nad\u00e8ge","family":"Nganou-Gnindjio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anicet Gakdang","family":"Ladibe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jo\u00ebl Marie Obama","family":"Nyaga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sandrine Laure","family":"Ngambono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-5045-0925","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Loic Alban","family":"Tasong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-1533-0228","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jules Thierry","family":"Elong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hursul Geffried","family":"Nzongang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9599-0419","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"F\u00e9licit\u00e9","family":"Kamdem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2265-9928","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"Chelo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3285","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"key20250327105754_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"17022","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-019-53540-4","article-title":"Prevalence and progression of rheumatic heart disease: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based echocardiographic studies","volume":"9","year":"2019","journal-title":"Sci Rep"},{"issue":"4","key":"key20250327105754_B2","first-page":"643","article-title":"Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease: The last 50 years","volume":"137","year":"2013","journal-title":"Indian J Med Res"},{"issue":"10053","key":"key20250327105754_B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1459","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(16)31012-1","article-title":"Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980\u20132015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015","volume":"388","year":"2016","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"issue":"6","key":"key20250327105754_B4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2178","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12062178","article-title":"The Global Burden of Valvular Heart Disease: From Clinical Epidemiology to Management","volume":"12","year":"2023","journal-title":"J Clin Med"},{"issue":"1","key":"key20250327105754_B5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"155","DOI":"10.1186\/s12872-023-03186-y","article-title":"Sub-clinical rheumatic heart disease (RHD) detected by hand-held echocardiogram in children participating in a school-based RHD prevention program in Tanzania","volume":"23","year":"2023","journal-title":"BMC Cardiovasc Disord"},{"issue":"10","key":"key20250327105754_B6","first-page":"142","article-title":"Global burden of rheumatic heart disease and its association with socio-economic development status, 1990\u20132019","volume":"29","year":"2022","journal-title":"Eur J Prev Cardiol"},{"issue":"3","key":"key20250327105754_B7","first-page":"155","article-title":"Rheumatic valvulopathies occurrence, pattern and follow-up in a rural area: the experience of the Shisong Hospital, Cameroon","volume":"102","year":"2009","journal-title":"Bull Soc Pathol Exot"},{"issue":"1","key":"key20250327105754_B8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"43","DOI":"10.1186\/s12887-016-0584-z","article-title":"Echocardiographic pattern of rheumatic valvular disease in a contemporary sub-Saharan African pediatric population: an audit of a major cardiac ultrasound unit in Yaounde, Cameroon","volume":"16","year":"2016","journal-title":"BMC Pediatr"},{"issue":"5","key":"key20250327105754_B9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"321","DOI":"10.1016\/j.acvd.2015.12.004","article-title":"The VALVAFRIC study: A registry of rheumatic heart disease in Western and Central Africa","volume":"109","year":"2016","journal-title":"Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases"},{"key":"key20250327105754_B10","first-page":"150","volume":"29","year":"2018","journal-title":"Pan Afr Med J"},{"issue":"5","key":"key20250327105754_B11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"297","DOI":"10.1038\/nrcardio.2012.7","article-title":"World Heart Federation criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease\u2014an evidence-based guideline","volume":"9","year":"2012","journal-title":"Nat Rev Cardiol"},{"key":"key20250327105754_B12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"207","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijcard.2017.12.048","article-title":"Heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: A contemporaneous systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"257","year":"2018","journal-title":"International Journal of Cardiology"},{"key":"key20250327105754_B13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1218","DOI":"10.1016\/j.dib.2018.01.100","article-title":"Data on the epidemiology of heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa","volume":"17","year":"2018","journal-title":"Data in Brief"},{"key":"key20250327105754_B14","first-page":"242","article-title":"Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among school children in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"38","year":"2021","journal-title":"Pan Afr Med J"},{"issue":"6","key":"key20250327105754_B15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"757","DOI":"10.1111\/tmi.13235","article-title":"Echocardiographic screening of 4107 Nigerian school children for rheumatic heart disease","volume":"24","year":"2019","journal-title":"Trop Med Int Health TM IH"},{"key":"key20250327105754_B16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S69","DOI":"10.1016\/S0929-693X(14)72263-8","article-title":"\u00c9pid\u00e9miologie des infections \u00e0 streptocoque du groupe A dans les pays en d\u00e9veloppement","volume":"21","year":"2014","journal-title":"Archives de P\u00e9diatrie"},{"key":"key20250327105754_B17","unstructured":"Njifou AN, Zounon DS, Ngaba GP, Vodouh\u00e9 UB, Fedjo GT, Eno LBE, et al. Les Angines Bact\u00e9riennes \u00e0 Mbouda?: Aspects Cliniques et Th\u00e9rapeutiques. Health Sci Dis. 2020;21(8). Available from: https:\/\/www.hsd-fmsb.org\/index.php\/hsd\/article\/view\/2188."},{"key":"key20250327105754_B18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"439","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.06.088","article-title":"Echocardiographic prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Brazilian schoolchildren: Data from the PROVAR study","volume":"219","year":"2016","journal-title":"International Journal of Cardiology"},{"issue":"5","key":"key20250327105754_B19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"470","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa065085","article-title":"Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease detected by echocardiographic screening","volume":"357","year":"2007","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"issue":"1","key":"key20250327105754_B20","first-page":"70","volume":"31","year":"2013","journal-title":"J Health Popul Nutr"},{"issue":"6","key":"key20250327105754_B21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"552","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ihj.2020.09.011","article-title":"Gender differences in the epidemiology of Rheumatic Fever\/Rheumatic heart disease (RF\/RHD) patient population of hill state of northern India; 9 years prospective hospital based, HP-RHD registry","volume":"72","year":"2020","journal-title":"Indian Heart J"},{"issue":"12","key":"key20250327105754_B22","article-title":"Rheumatic heart disease anno 2020: Impacts of gender and migration on epidemiology and management","volume":"50","year":"2020","journal-title":"Eur J Clin Inves"},{"key":"key20250327105754_B23","first-page":"612716","article-title":"Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease Pathophysiology and Underlying Mechanisms","volume":"7","year":"2020","journal-title":"Front Cardiovasc Med"},{"issue":"7","key":"key20250327105754_B24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"531","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057301","article-title":"Prothymosin Alpha: A Novel Contributor to Estradiol Receptor Alpha-Mediated CD8+ T-Cell Pathogenic Responses and Recognition of Type 1 Collagen in Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease","volume":"145","year":"2022","journal-title":"Circulation"},{"issue":"2","key":"key20250327105754_B25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"40","DOI":"10.1136\/heartasia-2015-010664","article-title":"Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Senegalese school children: a clinical and echocardiographic screening","volume":"7","year":"2015","journal-title":"Heart Asia"},{"issue":"22","key":"key20250327105754_B26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4515","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph16224515","article-title":"Risk Factors for Acute Rheumatic Fever: Literature Review and Protocol for a Case-Control Study in New Zealand","volume":"16","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int J Environ Res Public Health"},{"key":"key20250327105754_B27","unstructured":"Kaky GS, Thierry G, Voumbo Y, Ikama S, Ellenga-Mbolla B, Mbika-Cardorelle A, et al. Les cardiopathies rhumatismales en milieu scolaire \u00e0 Brazzaville. M\u00e9decine tropicale: revue du Corps de sant\u00e9 colonial. 2008;68:603\u20135. Available from: https:\/\/indexmedicus.afro.who.int\/iah\/fulltext\/MTR\/vol%2068%20n6\/Cardiopathies%20rhumatismales%20603-605.pdf."},{"issue":"1","key":"key20250327105754_B28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"610","DOI":"10.1186\/s12872-021-02377-9","article-title":"Prevalence and risk factors for Subclinical Rheumatic Heart Disease among primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a community based cross-sectional study","volume":"21","year":"2021","journal-title":"BMC Cardiovasc Disord"},{"issue":"4","key":"key20250327105754_B29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e939","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2014-2774","article-title":"Handheld echocardiography versus auscultation for detection of rheumatic heart disease","volume":"135","year":"2015","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"issue":"1","key":"key20250327105754_B30","first-page":"10","article-title":"Spectrum of heart diseases in children: an echocardiographic study of 1,666 subjects in a pediatric hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon","volume":"6","year":"2016","journal-title":"Cardiovasc Diagn Ther"}],"container-title":["Global Heart"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/jnl-up-j-gh-files\/journals\/1\/articles\/1414\/67e51e798d3eb.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,27]],"date-time":"2025-10-27T08:06:10Z","timestamp":1761552370000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/globalheartjournal.com\/articles\/10.5334\/gh.1414\/"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"references-count":30,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,27]]}},"alternative-id":["10.5334\/gh.1414"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5334\/gh.1414","relation":{},"ISSN":["2211-8179"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2211-8179","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"article-number":"36"}}