Transactions: Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023
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.
Highlights from our August issue include a meta-analysis on the prevalence of Taenia solium and Taenia saginata infections in India; a short communication which examines incidence and mortality rates of COVID-19 in patients with chronic kidney disease; an assessment of the epidemiological and clinical features of the 2016–2018 Zika virus outbreak in northern Argentina; and a cross-sectional study and geospatial analysis on the prevalence of, and factors associated with, childhood anaemia in remote villages of the Peruvian Amazon.
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Review Article
A meta-analysis on the prevalence of Taenia solium and Taenia saginata infections in India
Ashutosh Balodhi and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 539–545,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad022
Original Article
Effects of selected blood-derived factors on innate immunity in the human body louse
Lauren Kress and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 546–552,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad011
Antenatal care and adherence to intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Gambia: an examination of Demographic and Health Survey data 2019–2020
Claire E Bash and Heather F McClintock
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 553–560,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad017
Epidemiological and clinical features of the 2016–2018 Zika virus outbreak in northern Argentina
Alana B Byrne and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 561–568,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad013
Healthcare practitioners' knowledge of snakebite management and associated factors in high-burden, low-resource settings in Uganda
Solomon T Wafula and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 569–579,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad015
Spatiotemporal risk assessment and COVID-19 trend estimation in a federative unit in northeastern Brazil
Janiel Conceição da Silva and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 580–590,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad014
The role of CD4+, CD8+, CD4+/CD8+ and neutrophile to lymphocyte ratio in predicting and determining COVID-19 severity in Indonesian patients
Sri Masyeni and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 591–597,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad012
Prevalence of and factors associated with childhood anaemia in remote villages of the Peruvian Amazon: a cross-sectional study and geospatial analysis
Noelia Morocho-Alburqueque and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 598–605,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad018
Short Communication
COVID-19 in patients with chronic kidney disease: a 2-year study of incidence and mortality in relation to the variants of concern waves in Brazil
Nathalie Bonatti Franco Almeida and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 606–608,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad019