Transactions: Volume 116, Issue 10, October 2022
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene was founded in 1908. Take a look at the articles featured in Volume 116, Issue 10, published in October 2022.
This issue includes an article detailing lessons from the field in regards to COVID-19 outbreaks in Ghana, a review article about whether noma is an NTD, and original articles on subjects including the movement towards improvement in malaria policy implementation in Nigeria, the safety of mass drug administration for trachoma in Ethiopian children, and an exploration into long-lasting insecticide-treated net use and malaria infections on the Kenyan coast.
Lessons From The Field
Lessons from the field: COVID-19 outbreak investigations in Kpone-Katamanso, Greater Accra, Ghana: a Global South approach to disease control and contact tracing
Esther P B Danquah, Shadrack Darko, Adom Frimpong, Michael G Head, Bright Osei
Review Articles
Is noma a neglected/overlooked tropical disease?
Liviu Feller, Johan Lemmer, Razia Abdool Gafaar Khammissa
Treatment of chikungunya-associated joint pain: a systematic review of controlled clinical trials
Chaturaka Rodrigo, Tharuka Herath, Uchila Wickramarachchi, Deepika Fernando, Senaka Rajapakse
Original Articles
Epidemiological and clinical characterization of dengue virus serotypes during 2017–2019 in southern Kerala, India
Arya Rahul, Prasanta Saini, Mathew J Valamparampil, Gurpreet Singh, Meenu Maheswari Suresh, Kannankottapilly Chandrasekharan Prajitha, Merin Sara Jose, Anjana Nalina Kumari Kesavan Nair, Mohan Ananth, Karthikeyan Balakrishnan Sreekanth, Chintha Sujatha, N Pradeep Kumar, Pillaveettil Sathyadas Indu, Thekumkara Surendrannair Anish
Towards improvement in malaria policy implementation in Nigeria: a qualitative study on factors influencing the translation of malaria policies to practice
Evbogaghe S Omo-Imafidon, Adedapo O Adeogun, Ayodele S Babalola, Philip O Okefu, Oluwaseun O Akinyemi
An observational assessment of the safety of mass drug administration for trachoma in Ethiopian children
Allan M Ciciriello, David G Addiss, Tesfaye Teferi, Paul M Emerson, P J Hooper, Mohammed Seid, Girma Tadesse, Fikre Seife, Mohammed-Aman Jemal Sormolo, Fikreab Kebede, Genet Kiflu, Sheila K West, Menbere Alemu, Genevieve LaCon, Teshome Gebre
Silent circulation of Zika and dengue virus in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) during a non-epidemic year in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil
Myrela C S Jesus, Rynat D O Chagas, Matheus L J Santos, Rafaela W F Santos, Roseli La Corte, Luciane M Storti-Melo
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among HIV-positive patients in Southwest Iran and associated risk factors: a case-control study
Gordafarin Nikbakht, Maryam Behrouzi, Ali Mousavizadeh, Bahman Pourabbas, Zahra Rezaei, Sadegh Nouripour-Sisakht, Nasir Arefkhah
Developmental responses and survival of Anopheles stephensi larval stages at different salinity levels
Justin Jude, Nayana Gunathilaka, Lahiru Udayanaga, Deepika Fernando, Prasad Premarathne, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Wimaladharma Abeyewickreme
Neurological manifestations of Kyasanur Forest disease: a retrospective cohort study from South India
Nitin Gupta, Vishnu Teja Nallapati, Kiran Chunduru, Alphy Rose James Vithivattical, Rajagopal Kadavigere, Kavitha Saravu
Molecular epidemiology of Ascaris species recovered from humans and pigs in Cameroon
Vanessa R Nkouayep, Donald P McManus, Mpoame Mbida, Catherine A Gordon, Peter Nejsum
Detection and significance of neuronal autoantibodies in patients with meningoencephalitis in Vientiane, Lao PDR
Christopher E Uy, Mayfong Mayxay, Ruby Harrison, Adam Al-Diwani, Leslie Jacobson, Sayaphet Rattanavong, Audrey Dubot-Pérès, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Viengmon Davong, Vilada Chansamouth, Koukeo Phommasone, Patrick Waters, Sarosh R Irani, Paul N Newton
Long-lasting insecticide-treated net use and malaria infections on the Kenyan coast
Alice Kamau, Moses Musau, Grace Mtanje, Christine Mataza, Philip Bejon, Robert W Snow
Short Communications
Do unmanned aerial vehicles reduce the duration and costs in transporting sputum samples? A feasibility study conducted in Himachal Pradesh, India
Vishal Thakur, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Sundaramoorthy Lakshmanan, Polani Rubeshkumar
First case of Zika virus infection during an outbreak of chikungunya in a rural region of Maharashtra state, India
Yogesh K Gurav, Kalichamy Alagarasu, Pragya D Yadav, Gajanan Sapkal, Mangesh Gokhale, Deepti Parashar, Ujwala Jadhav, Minal Bote, Mahadeo Kakade, Dimpal Nyayanit, Abhinendra Kumar, Gururaj Rao Deshpande, Sarah Cherian, Pradip S Awate, Priya Abraham
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