Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 5, May 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.
Highlights from our May issue include a Review article celebrating the centenary of the Leprosy Relief Association (Lepra); a rapid assessment of coverage of doxycycline/azithromycin chemoprophylaxis against leptospirosis following the 2018 floods in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India; a short communication confirming for the first time in an English language publication the presence mycetoma in Ecuador; and a cross-sectional study examining the seroprevalence of dengue and chikungunya viruses among urban refugees in Klang Valley, Malaysia.
Review Article
The Centenary of the Leprosy Relief Association (Lepra)—a moment for celebration and reflection. Irene Allen, Diana N Lockwood, Roderick J Hay. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trad096, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad096
Original Articles
Patterns of individual compliance with anthelmintic treatment for soil-transmitted helminth infections in southern Ethiopia over six rounds of community-wide mass drug administration. R Maddren, B Collyer, A E Phillips, S Rayment Gomez, B Abtew, U Anjulo, D Tadele, A Sharma, A Tamiru, E Firdawek Liyew, M Chernet, R M Anderson. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trad079, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad079
Knowledge and approach towards Helicobacter pylori diagnosis and management among primary care physicians in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study. Nkengeh Tazinkeng, Joao Filipe Monteiro, Bill-Erich Mbianyor, Avis Anya Nowbuth, Monela Ntonifor, Claudia Evenge, Alick Nkhoma, Steven F Moss, Akwi W Asombang. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trad089, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad089
Scrub typhus in Indonesia: A cross-sectional analysis of archived fever studies samples. Kartika Saraswati, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, Sirada Ongchaikupt, Mavuto Mukaka, Nicholas P J Day, J Kevin Baird, Ungke Antonjaya, Khin S A Myint, Yora P Dewi, Frilasita A Yudhaputri, Sotianingsih Haryanto, N P Diah Witari, Stuart D Blacksell. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trad094, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad094
Seroprevalence of dengue and chikungunya viruses among urban refugees in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Norhidayu Sahimin, Zhao Xuan Low, Pouya Hassandarvish, Izzah Ruzana Mohd Hanapi, Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain, Hasmawati Yahaya, Sazaly Abu Bakar. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trad097, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad097
Short Communications
Rapid assessment of coverage of doxycycline/azithromycin chemoprophylaxis against leptospirosis following floods, Kozhikode district, Kerala, 2018. Harishankar Sasikumar, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Sabarinathan R, Polani Rubeshkumar, Vettrichelvan Venkatasamy, Manoj Murhekar. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trad092, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad092
Mycetoma in Ecuador. David J Chandler, Luis Escalante, Astrid Maldonado, Sonia Tello, Shirley Orellana, Edgar Escalante. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trad098, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad098
Molecular monitoring of treatment efficacy in human visceral leishmaniasis. Sutopa Roy, Srija Moulik, Surya Jyati Chaudhuri, Manab K Ghosh, R P Goswami, Bibhuti Saha, Mitali Chatterjee. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trad103, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad103
