Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024

11 Dec 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 issue includes two different studies on the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Other articles include a qualitative study of healthcare professional's perspectives on neglected tropical diseases in Eastern Uganda and a review of foetal outcomes after Leptospira and Rickettsial infections.

Review Article

Emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variants and their impact on immune evasion and vaccine-induced immunity

Ramendra Pati Pandey, Sachin Kumar, D N Rao, Dablu Lal Gupta

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Pages 761–772, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae060

Original Articles

Assessing the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection on hematological parameters 

Badi A Alotaibi, Jehad A Aldali, Hamzah J Aldali, Ali Alaseem, Abdulaziz M Almuqrin, Abdulrahman Alshalani, Hamood AlSudais, Nasser A Alshehri, Nasser B Alamar, Mogtba A Alhejji

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Pages 773–780, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae047

 

Exploring healthcare professionals’ perspectives on neglected tropical diseases in Eastern Uganda: a qualitative study with a focus on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths 

Raymond Bernard Kihumuro, Lorna Atimango, Timothy Mwanje Kintu, Conrad Makai, Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Joel Bazira

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Pages 781–789, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae043

 

Podoconiosis in Uganda: prevalence, geographical distribution and risk factors 

Ivan Masete, Hope Simpson, Gabriel Matwale, Francis Mutebi, Marlene Thielecke, Fred Nuwaha, George Mukone, Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Pages 790–798, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae046

 

Impact of historical disease conditions on mortality and life expectancy in patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China 

Honglin Jiang, Jie Zhou, Xinting Cai, Benjiao Hu, Huilan Wang, Chen Fu, Ning Xu, Yanfeng Gong, Yixin Tong, Jiangfan Yin, Junhui Huang, Jiamin Wang, Qingwu Jiang, Songyue Liang, Yibiao Zhou

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Pages 799–807, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae052

 

A combined tropical medicine and psychiatry approach to patients with possible delusional infestation 

S B Squire, M Taegtmeyer, Q Javed, T O'Dempsey, C Kullu, P Lepping

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Pages 808–813, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae054

 

Foetal outcome of Leptospira and Rickettsial infections during pregnancy: a systematic review 

Mallika Sengupta, Latha T, Soumitra Mandal, Kaushik Mukhopadhyay

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Pages 814–828, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae053

Short Communication

Patterns of soil-transmitted helminth aggregation in the human host population after several years of intensive mass drug administration 

Julia Mayer, Benjamin S Collyer, Rosie Maddren, Birhan Abtew, Ewnetu Firdawek Liyew, Melkie Chernet, Getachew Tollera, Geremew Tasew, Roy M Anderson

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Pages 829–831, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae059

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to: Reported snakebite mortality and state compensation payments in Madhya Pradesh, India, from 2020 to 2022 

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Page 832, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae099

Erratum

Erratum to: Podoconiosis in Uganda: prevalence, geographical distribution and risk factors 

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2024, Page 833, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae100