Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 7, July 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.
The Editors Choice from this month is an article on COVID-19 mortality in 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy survivors and its implications for chemically exposed populations.
Other highlights from our July issue include an article exploring the latency period in Chagas disease, including duration and determinants in a cohort from Colombia, as well as a mixed methods study looking at care seeking for childhood illnesses in rural Mtwara.
Review Articles
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Jia Wang, Yuzhi Deng, Weijing Wang. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad093
Motivation–opportunity–ability–behaviour of community members and program implementers towards mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination in India: a systematic review and implementation priority. Abhinav Sinha, Sumegha Mohapatra, Krushna Chandra Sahoo, Shubhashisha Mohanty, Banamber Sahoo, Sanghamitra Pati, Prakash Kumar Sahoo. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae008
Original Articles
Editors Choice: COVID-19 mortality in 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy survivors: implications for chemically exposed populations. Rachna Dhingra, Satinath Sarangi, Pranab Chatterjee, Arkaprabha Gun, Swarup Sarkar. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae010
Exploring the latency period in Chagas disease: duration and determinants in a cohort from Colombia. Mario Javier Olivera, Lyda Muñoz. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae004
Spatial-temporal distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2001–2020: expansion and challenges. Alex de O Vasconcelos, Sandro J Bedoya-Pacheco, Rafael R Cunha e Silva, Mônica de A F M Magalhães, Tayana P S O de Sá, Cristina M G Dias, Patrícia S Meneguete, Paula M P de Almeida, Maria Inês F Pimentel. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae009
Comparison of miRNA profiles in the immune response of pediatric acute appendicitis and pediatric enterobiasis patients caused by Enterobius vermicularis. Ayşe Betül Öztürk, Fadime Eroglu. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae011
Care seeking for childhood illnesses in rural Mtwara, south-east Tanzania: a mixed methods study. Salum Mshamu, Judith Meta, Casiana Sanga, Nicholas Day, Mavuto Mukaka, Bipin Adhikari, Jacqueline Deen, Jakob Knudsen, Christopher Pell, Lorenz von Seidlein. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae022
Short Communication
Antimicrobial resistance genetic determinants and susceptibility profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical samples in a tertiary hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria. Oluwatoyin Olawunmi Adeyelu, Edidiong Nkiruka Essien, Valentine Adebote, Abraham Ajayi, Utibeima Udo Essiet, Adeyemi Isaac Adeleye, Stella Ifeanyi Smith. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae012
Case Report
A challenging case of borderline lepromatous leprosy non-responsive to WHO-MDT: exploring approaches beyond WHO-MDT. Apoorva Sharma, Mayur Parkhi, Seema Chhabra, Tarun Narang, Sanjeev Handa, Sunil Dogra. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae027