Transactions: Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023

14 Dec 2023
Transactions: Volume 117, Issue 12, December 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 this month include a community-based study of the prevalence and associated risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis among rural communities in rural Yemen; a short communication which illustrates the high burden of pediatric cystic echinococcosis in Kazakhstan; a Bayesian spatiotemporal approach to modelling arboviral diseases in Mexico; and a qualitative study assessing the factors influencing delays in leprosy presentation, diagnosis and treatment in northeastern Brazil.

Read the full issue and find out how to submit to the journal here.

Review Article

Human infections by the rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta in China
Chaoqun Yao. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023, Pages 815–822, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad063

Original Articles

A disfiguring neglected tropical disease sweeps war-torn Yemen: a community-based study of prevalence and risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis among rural communities in the western highlands. Manal A Al-Ashwal and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023, Pages 823–838, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad044

Identification and molecular characterization of Culex flavivirus in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae): first report from India. A Anakha and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023, Pages 839–843, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad048

Prevalence of trachoma in the non-indigenous Baixo Jaguaribe micro-region, Ceará State, Northeast Brazil. Adjoane Maurício Silva Maciel and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023, Pages 844–851, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad052

Individual, socioeconomic and healthcare access factors influencing the delays in leprosy presentation, diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative study. Maria Aparecida Alves de Oliveira Serra and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023, Pages 852–858, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad056

Clinical and laboratory factors associated with splenic dysfunction among patients with sickle cell disease in a malaria endemic region. Adama I Ladu and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023, Pages 859–866, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad059

A Bayesian spatiotemporal approach to modelling arboviral diseases in Mexico. Moeen Hamid Bukhari and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023, Pages 867–874, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad064

Short Communication

The high burden of pediatric cystic echinococcosis in Kazakhstan: epidemiological and clinical consequences. Gaukhar Doszhanova and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 12, December 2023, Pages 875–877, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad065