Transactions: Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025
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 Editor’s Choice article is a paper by Victor O Magero and colleagues, who explore the distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa’s River systems and determine the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection. Regular surveys of the river systems for snail intermediate hosts, followed by molecular detection of schistosome infection, could form a basis for the development of a prompt and cost-effective surveillance system for schistosomiasis in the region, ultimately facilitating better prevention and control strategies for human schistosomiasis.
Review Articles
Australian vertebrate hosts of Japanese encephalitis virus: a review of the evidence
Kevin T Moore, Madelyn J Mangan, Belinda Linnegar, Tejas S Athni, Hamish I McCallum, Brendan J Trewin, Eloise Skinner
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 189–202, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae079
Evaluating imatinib in severe COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
João Pedro Sarcinelli Chagas, Juliana Ribeiro de Oliveira, Vinicius Andreata Brandão, Ana Paula Brandão Bellucio, João Victor de Azevedo Dutra, Julia Ramos Dutra, Crispim Cerutti, Júnior
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 203–209, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae095
Original Articles
Rates and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people living with HIV in Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Victoria Peter Etuk, Charity Sanni, Oluwafemi Omonijo, Stella Ijioma Atema, Temitayo Lawal, Anthonia Murna Yashim-Ankut, Ifeyinwa Ejinkeonye, Henry Chijioke Onyegbutulem, Oyewole K Oyedele, Imoiboho Williams, Nifarta Peingurta Andrew, Evaezi Okpokoro
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 210–220, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae094
Association between blood group antigens ABO, Rh, Kell, Kidd, Duffy and MNS and clinical forms of Chagas disease
Alexandre G Vizzoni, Andréa Rodrigues da Costa, Alejandro M Hasslocher-Moreno, Mauro Felippe F Mediano, Roberto M Saraiva
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 221–227, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae096
The dynamics of household sanitation services and faeco-oral diseases externalities in Osun State, southwest Nigeria
O O Aluko
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 228–243, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae101
Randomized trial of BCG in healthcare workers to reduce absenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa
I Silva, L Nhamússua, E Ca, F Schaltz-Buchholzer, A Nhama, M Cumbe, A P Delgado, M L Lima Mendonça, P Fontoura, M Sidat, P Ferrinho, I I Araújo, P Aide, C Benn, I Fronteira, S Nielsen
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 244–252, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae108
Distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa's river systems and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection
Victor O Magero, Sammy Kisara, Mbaruk A Suleman, Christopher M Wade
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 253–265, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae115
Evaluation of the immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine for Leishmania major based on the Leishmania-activated C kinase antigen using calcium phosphate and chitosan adjuvants
Abdolaziz Gharaei, Mahmoud Rahdar, Oghlniaz Jorjani, Sedigheh Saberi, Molouk Beiromvand, Mohammad Hossein Feiz-Haddad
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 266–273, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae126
Human T-lymphotropic Virus infection among Quilombo communities in Central Brazil
Carolina Amianti, Larissa M Bandeira, Lívia A Lima, Bárbara V do Lago, Antonio C R Vallinoto, Ana Rita C Motta-Castro
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 274–277, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae127
Addressing the snakebite challenge Special Issue - progress towards the 2030 roadmap
Review Articles
Haemotoxicity of snakes: a review of pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, novel diagnostics and challenges in management
Bhawani Yasassri Alvitigala, Harsha A Dissanayake, Praveen N Weeratunga, P A Chanya D Padmaperuma, Lallindra Viranjan Gooneratne, Christeine Ariaranee Gnanathasan
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 283–303, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae058
Health economics of snakebite envenomation: A sub-Saharan African perspective
Innocent Ayesiga, Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami, Alex Akaka, Olivier Kubwimana, Joshua Naatey Ternor, Ukasha Musa Hashim, Gertrude Ahenewaa Gyabaah, Justice Kwadwo Turzin, Ivan Kahwa
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 304–309, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae062
Original Articles
Community-based snakebite risk mapping for resource prioritisation in Eastern Province, Rwanda
Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Dieudonne Hakizimana, Peter J Diggle, Janna M Schurer
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 310–316, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae069
Health-seeking behaviours and traditional healer practices for snakebite in rural and tribal communities in southern India
Ravikar Ralph, Rohan Michael Ramesh, Mohan Jambugulam, Arpitha Anbu Deborah, Kumudha Aruldas, Neal A Moorthy, Sushil Mathew John, Judd L Walson, Anand Zachariah, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 317–326, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae083
Commentary
Overcoming the snakebite challenge in Sudan: a call to action
Rawa Badri, Iyas Dawood, Rana Osman, Nayyrah Ahmed, Salma Ibrahim Mohammed Adam
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 327–329, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae061