Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 11, November 2024

12 Nov 2024

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.

This month’s Editors Choice article investigates trust as an important driver in vaccination campaign outcomes.  Other articles include a case control study that considers whether infections are a potential risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease, and a systematic review on a rare dengue fever complication with high mortality rates.

Review Article

Prevalence and mortality of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in dengue fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Leong Tung Ong & Roovam Balasubramaniam

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 11, November 2024, Pages 711–719, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae032

Original Articles

Trust in institutions affects vaccination campaign outcomes

David Leblang, Michael D Smith, Dennis Wesselbaum

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 11, November 2024, Pages 720–728, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae048

 

The performance and costs of XTT, resazurin, MTS and luciferin as viability dyes in in vitro susceptibility testing of Madurella mycetomatis 

Jingyi Ma, Kimberly Eadie, Ahmed Fahal, Annelies Verbon, Wendy W J van de Sande

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 11, November 2024, Pages 729–735, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae030

 

Survival analysis of adult visceral leishmaniasis patients admitted to Metema Hospital, Metema, Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Habitamu Wudu & Chekol Alemu

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 11, November 2024, Pages 736–743, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae034

 

Association between Alzheimer's disease and Toxocara infection/exposure: a case–control study

Ali Alizadeh Khatir, Fariborz Mousavi, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Mahdi Arshadi, Delaram Arjmandi, Maryam Aldaghi, Ali Rostami

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 11, November 2024, Pages 744–751, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae039

 

High mitochondrial gene diversity of Pediculus humanus capitis among children in northern Iran

Fayaz Mirzajanzadeh, Mohsen Karami, Tahmineh Gorgani-Firouzjaee, Rahman Babapour, Jalal Jafarzadeh, Mohamad Jalilnavaz-Novin

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 11, November 2024, Pages 752–759, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae040