Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 8, August 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 is on the high burden of noma in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. Other articles include the first insight into Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in the lower northern region in Thailand, and a look at how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the activities of the Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil.
Review Articles
Blood transfusion in the care of patients with visceral leishmaniasis: a review of practices in therapeutic efficacy studies
Prabin Dahal, Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, James Wilson, Glaucia Cota, Koert Ritmeijer, Ahmed Musa, Fabiana Alves, Kasia Stepniewska, Philippe J Guerin
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 481–490, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae018
The usefulness of patient-reported outcome measures in decision making in Chagas cardiomyopathy: a scoping review
Whesley Tanor Silva, Keity Lamary Souza Silva, Diego Mendes Xavier, Matheus Ribeiro Ávila, Lucas Frois Fernandes de Oliveira, Vittor de Moura Colicchio, Igor Lucas Geraldo Izalino de Almeida, Alessandra de Carvalho Bastone, Marcus Alessandro Alcantara, Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda, Vanessa Pereira Lima, Luciano Fonseca Lemos de Oliveira, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo, Henrique Silveira Costa
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 491–497, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae025
Aligning antimicrobial resistance surveillance with schistosomiasis research: an interlinked One Health approach
Angus M O'Ferrall, Janelisa Musaya, J Russell Stothard, Adam P Roberts
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 498–504, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae035
Original articles
High burden of noma in the Gambella region of Ethiopia: a 12-year retrospective study on noma cases from the Facing Africa database
Heron Gezahegn Gebretsadik, Yenigat Abera
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 505–513, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae015
Accuracy of commercial ELISA and ICT for screening schistosomiasis infections at a low endemicity area in Brazil
Lida M S Ramos, Danielle S C A Pereira, Laila O V Oliveira, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 514–519, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae005
‘We no longer experience the same pain’: a cross-sectional study assessing the impact of Heart and Sole Africa's podoconiosis prevention education program
Agazi Fitsum Gebreselassie, Natnael Shimelash, Ahamed Kallon, George Mkondo, Tonya Huston, Janna M Schurer
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 520–526, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae007
The first insight into Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in the lower northern region in Thailand
Janisara Rudeeaneksin, Supranee Bunchoo, Benjawan Phetsuksiri, Sopa Srisungngam, Ratchaneeporn Khummin, Jeewan Thapa, Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 527–536, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae014
Temporal trends and space–time distribution of leprosy relapse in Brazil from 2001 to 2021
Reagan Nzundu Boigny, Kellyn Kessiene de Sousa Cavalcante, Caroline Mary Gurgel Dias Florencio, Paula Sacha Frota Nogueira, Ciro Martins Gomes, Carlos Henrique Alencar
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 537–549, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae021
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the activities of the Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil: is the goal of controlling the disease by 2030 at risk?
Lucas Almeida Andrade, Wandklebson Silva da Paz, Rosália E Santos Ramos, Welde N Borges de Santana, Thuelly Juvêncio da Rocha, Flávia Silva Damasceno, Allan Dantas dos Santos, Débora dos Santos Tavares, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Deborah Aparecida Negrão-Corrêa, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Abelardo Silva-Júnior, Wagnner José Nascimento Porto, Márcio Bezerra-Santos
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024, Pages 550–559, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae024