Transactions: Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023

27 Nov 2023

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (TRSTMH) was founded in 1908 and offers a respected voice for clinicians, health-related scientists, development organisations and students.

Highlights this month include a Lessons from the Field article which proposes a novel method of grading malaria chemoprevention efficacy; a mixed methods study which assesses the feasibility of novel point-of-care diagnostics for febrile illnesses at health centres in Southeast Asia; a cross-sectional study which reveals the prevalence of non-typhoidal salmonella in pig farming in rural Kenya; and a retrospective study which evaluated the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on newborn service utilization in Nigeria.

Read the full issue and find out how to submit to the journal here.

Lessons from the Field

A proposed method of grading malaria chemoprevention efficacy
N J White and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023, Pages 761–764, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad042

Original Articles

Extra-intestinal complications of Ascaris lumbricoides infections in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis .Abhishek Mewara and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023, Pages 765–772, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad033

Neurocysticercosis and hydrocephalus: the value of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in its management
Lya Cruz and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023, Pages 773–779, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad029

Marked variability in institutional deliveries and neonatal outcomes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria. Beatrice N Ezenwa and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023, Pages 780–787, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad030

The feasibility of novel point-of-care diagnostics for febrile illnesses at health centres in Southeast Asia: a mixed-methods study. Fidelis Jacklyn Adella and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023, Pages 788–796, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad036

The association of intraleucocytic malaria pigment and disease severity in Papua New Guinean children with severe P. falciparum malaria. Elvin Lufele and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023, Pages 797–803, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad037

miRNA 511_5p is a potential biomarker for ocular toxoplasmosis
Geraldo Magela de Faria Júnior and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023, Pages 804–810,. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad045

Non-typhoidal salmonella contamination along the pork value chain in a rural East African setting: a cross-sectional study. Cianjo M Gichuyia and others . Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 11, November 2023, Pages 811–813, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad046