Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024
Highlights this month include a systematic review on the involvement of the central nervous system in leprosy; an intervention study investigating the effectiveness of a multi-modal strategy aimed at improving hand hygiene at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria; a report on the epidemiology, symptoms, and management of onchocerciasis in hospitals across Cameroon, and an original article analysing the role of syndecan-1 (SDC-1) as a potential predictor of septic shock in critically ill patients with COVID-19.
Review Articles
Primary healthcare service delivery for older people with progressive multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Duncan Kwaitana and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 137–147, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad068
The spectrum of central nervous system manifestations in leprosy: a systematic review of published case reports and case series. Ravindra Kumar Garg and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 148–159, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad072
Original Articles
Syndecan-1 levels predict septic shock in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Nilcyeli Linhares Aragão and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 160–169, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad077
Using the AS04C-adjuvanted hepatitis B vaccine in patients classified as non-responders. Sara Fernández Sánchez-Escalonilla and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 170–177, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad078
An intervention study investigating the effectiveness of contextualizing multimodal strategy on improving hand hygiene at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Yahaya Yaqub and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 178–189, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad081
Newly detected paediatric melioidosis cases in a single referral children's hospital in Ho Chi Minh City indicate the probable underrecognition of melioidosis in South Vietnam. Thai Son Pham and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 190–198, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad080
National health insurance scheme improves access and optimization of antimicrobial use in the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Temitope O Obadare and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 199–205, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad083
Scrub typhus in Northeast India: epidemiology, clinical presentations, and diagnostic approaches. Beyau M Konyak and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 206–222, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad082
Letter to the Editor (Online Only Content)
Fighting the neglected tropical disease: Cameroon's battle against river blindness. Prakasini Satapathy and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages e1–e2, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad073
