Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 9, September 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 a scoping review which explores the effects of climate change on malaria and 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), published by a World Health Organization (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, NTDs and Malaria. Read more about the article here.
Other articles include a commentary on the WHOs recognition of noma as the 21st NTD, and a study that characterizes the income impacts of podoconiosis on patients in Rwanda.
Review Articles
Climate change, malaria and neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review
Petra Klepac, Jennifer L Hsieh, Camilla L Ducker, Mohamad Assoum, Mark Booth, Isabel Byrne, Sarity Dodson, Diana L Martin, C Michael R Turner, Kim R van Daalen, Bernadette Abela, Jennifer Akamboe, Fabiana Alves, Simon J Brooker, Karen Ciceri-Reynolds, Jeremy Cole, Aidan Desjardins, Chris Drakeley, Dileepa S Ediriweera, Neil M Ferguson, Albis Francesco Gabrielli, Joshua Gahir, Saurabh Jain, Mbaraka R John, Elizabeth Juma, Priya Kanayson, Kebede Deribe, Jonathan D King, Andrea M Kipingu, Samson Kiware, Jan Kolaczinski, Winnie J Kulei, Tajiri L Laizer, Vivek Lal, Rachel Lowe, Janice S Maige, Sam Mayer, Lachlan McIver, Jonathan F Mosser, Ruben Santiago Nicholls, Cláudio Nunes-Alves, Junaid Panjwani, Nishanth Parameswaran, Karen Polson, Hale-Seda Radoykova, Aditya Ramani, Lisa J Reimer, Zachary M Reynolds, Isabela Ribeiro, Alastair Robb, Kazim Hizbullah Sanikullah, David R M Smith, GloriaSalome G Shirima, Joseph P Shott, Rachel Tidman, Louisa Tribe, Jaspreet Turner, Susana Vaz Nery, Raman Velayudhan, Supriya Warusavithana, Holly S Wheeler, Aya Yajima, Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, Benjamin Hounkpatin, Dechen Wangmo, Christopher J M Whitty, Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, T Déirdre Hollingsworth, Anthony W Solomon, Ibrahima Socé Fall
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 561–579, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae026
Human infections by Hymenolepis diminuta in Europe: a case report and literature review
Stefan Mijatović, Tijana Štajner, Ivana Čolović Čalovski, Eleonora Dubljanin, Branko Bobić, Zoran Leković, Aleksandra Barać, Aleksandar M Džamić
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 580–588, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae037
Original Articles
‘My feet cannot stand on their own’: podoconiosis patient healthcare expenditures and income impacts in Rwanda
Janna M Schurer, Ursin Bayisenge, Dieudonne Hakizimana, Ellen Rafferty
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 589–596, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae006
Analysis of spatial and demographic factors associated with chikungunya in Espírito Santo state, Brazil
Marcus Vinicius Salvador Clipes, Creuza Rachel Vicente, Theresa Cristina Cardoso da Silva, Lilyan Correia Resende, Crispim Cerutti Junior
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 597–604, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae019
Risk of human leptospirosis in Colombia: spatiotemporal analysis and related hydroclimatic factors
Juan José Montenegro-Idrogo, D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 605–615, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae013
A molecular survey of zoonotic pathogens of public health importance in rodents/shrews and their ectoparasites trapped in Puducherry, India
Brenna Eikenbary, Panneer Devaraju, Aravindasamy Chakkravarthi, Krishan Kumar Sihag, Terence Nathan, Gowdham Thangaraj, Lakshmy Srinivasan, Ashwani Kumar
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 616–624, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae033
Commentary
Understanding noma: WHO's recognition and the path forward in global health
Prakasini Satapathy, Sarvesh Rustagi, Pawan Kumar, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Shilpa Gaidhane, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Abhay M Gaidhane, Mehrab Neyazi, Ahmad Neyazi
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 625–628, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae031
Short communication
A comparison of DNA extraction methods used in the direct molecular detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei from blood
Georgia Mataira, Fleur Francis, Jaimie Frazer, Robert Norton
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 629–631, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae020
Case report
Difficult to treat Pseudomonas: successful salvage therapy with cefepime-zidebactam
Anjely Sebastian, Shivdas Naik, Muralidhar Varma, N C Sreekumar, Joseph Thomas, Tanvi Rao, Birva J Shah, Nitin Gupta
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 632–634, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae049
Corrigendum
Corrigendum to: stigma, participation restriction and mental distress in patients affected by leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Chagas disease: a pilot study in two co-endemic regions of eastern Colombia
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 635–637, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae041