Transactions: Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023

05 Sep 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 September issue include a review of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala; a population-based, cross-sectional study which assesses the prevalence and determinants of zinc utilisation for diarrhoea among under-five children in Nigeria; a single-centre experience of early administration of tocilizumab and corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19; a commentary on the role monoclonal antibodies can play in the future of malaria control and prevention; and a scoping review which provides an overview of the factors associated with mortality in snakebite-envenomed children.

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

Review Article

Factors associated with mortality after snakebite envenoming in children: a scoping review 
Lucy Guile, Adrienne Lee, José María Gutiérrez
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 617–627, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad031

A neglected among the neglected: a review of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala 
Yaimie Lopez, Byron Arana, Nidia Rizzo, Erick Duran, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, Renata Mendizabal-Cabrera 
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 609–616, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad024

Original Articles

Highly cited tropical medicine articles in the Web of Science from 1991 to 2020: A bibliometric analysis 
Julián Monge-Nájera, Yuh-Shan Ho
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 645–654, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad021

A 14-year follow-up of ultrasound-detected urinary tract pathology associated with urogenital schistosomiasis in women living in the Msambweni region of coastal Kenya 
Elizabeth Joekes, Kate McMonnies, Andrew Blanshard, Francis M Mutuku, Edmund Ireri, Peter Mungai, J Russell Stothard, Amaya L Bustinduy, Charles H King 
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 637–644, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad020

Investigation of the frequencies of various B cell populations in non-responder healthcare workers in comparison with responders to hepatitis B virus vaccination 
Sara Karimi, Fereshteh Mehdipour, Jamal Sarvari, Mohammad Reza Ataollahi, Amin Ramezani, Seppo Meri, Kurosh Kalantar
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 628–636, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad016

Determinants of zinc utilisation in the management of diarrhoea among under-five children in Nigeria: a population-based, cross-sectional study 
Olorunfemi Akinbode Ogundele, Olufunmilayo E Bello, Tolulope Ogundele, Aderonke T Fagbemi, Funmito O Fehintola, Olugbenga O Osunmakinwa
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 655–662, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad023

Home or hospital? An observational study of what affects the place of death of people with COVID-19 in Mexico
Isaac Núñez
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 663–667, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad025

A single-center experience of early administration of tocilizumab and corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia 
Ivana Milošević, Aleksandra Barać, Jaroslava Jovanović, Ankica Vujović, Goran Stevanović, Nevena Todorović, Branko Milošević
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 668–672, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad026

Commentary

Monoclonal antibody: future of malaria control and prevention 
Shrikant Nema, Nitika Nitika
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 9, September 2023, Pages 673–674, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad027