Transactions: Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025
In this month’s Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (TRSTMH), highlights include a Review article on the burden of mycetoma in Burkina Faso; an evaluation of suitability of two types of diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Argentina; a retrospective case series from South India analysing the tunnel sign in patients with melioidosis; an Original Article assessing the diagnostic sensitivity of microscopic techniques using formalin-fixed samples for the detection of soil-transmitted helminths; and six further papers from our recent Special Issue: Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap.
Lessons From The Field
Implementing an artificial intelligence system into a diabetic eye screening programme in Tanzania
Charles R Cleland , William U Makupa , Bernadetha R Shilio , Justus Rwiza , David Macleod , Covadonga Bascaran , Matthew J Burton
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 567–569,
Review Article
Burden of mycetoma in Burkina Faso: case series and systematic review
Abdourahmane Ouangré , Isidore W Yerbanga , Ibrahim Savadogo , Hamado Ouédraogo , Nebon Delphine Bado , André Nagalo , Fagnima Traoré , Abdoul Kader Dem , Sibiri Abdoul Karim Bouda , Djima Fahriane Dora Koulybari, Abdoulaye Sawadogo , Seydou Nakanabo Diallo , Jean-Pierre Gangneux , Ahmed Hassan Fahal , Sanata Bamba
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 570–577,
Original Articles
Anti-M2-pyruvate kinase autoantibodies are correlated with digestive damage in human Chagas disease
Denis Dantas da Silva , Nathalie de Sena Pereira , Daniela Ferreira Nunes , Ramayana Morais de Medeiros Brito , Luanderson Cardoso Pereira , Andressa Noronha Barbosa da Silva , Carlos Ramon do Nascimento Brito , Cléber de Mesquita Andrade , Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão , Antonia Claudia Jácome da Câmara, Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento , Paulo Marcos Matta Guedes
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 578–585,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae144
The impact of multiple infections and community knowledge on engagement with a historical deworming programme: hookworm and Ascaris in Jamaica, 1913–1936
Jonathan David Roberts , Lorna L Waddington , Rupert J Quinnell , Alison M Dunn
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 586–595,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf010
Diagnostic sensitivity of formalin-fixed faecal microscopy for the detection of soil-transmitted helminths
Andrew Larkins , Boualay Keokhamphavanh , Breanna Knight , Kelly Taggart , Sarah Keatley , Bounnaloth Insisiengmay , Amanda Ash
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 596–605,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf011
Evaluation of suitability of two tools for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis
Valeria S Garcia , Maira S Gutiérrez , Verónica D G Gonzalez , Luis M Gugliotta , Alexis Burna , Diego Eiras , Matías S Cabeza , Diego G Arias , Sergio A Guerrero
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 606–612,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf012
Impact of geo-climatic factors on the prevalence and diversity of tick fauna in Achai cattle of the northern Hindukush Mountains, Khyber pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Israr Khan , Zia Ur Rehman Khalil , Muhammad Shuaib , Sami Ullah , Irfan Ullah , Obaid Ullah , Shahrood Ahmed Siddiqui , Anthony Pokoo-Aikins , Majid S Jabir , Ayman A Swelum
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 613–622,
Short Communications
Tunnel sign in patients with melioidosis: a case series from South India
Nitin Gupta , Sundeep Malla , Tirlangi Praveen Kumar , Sonali Singh , Muralidhar Varma , Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 623–625,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae097
Impact of repeat testing in tuberculosis patients with a trace call on Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra: a retrospective cohort study
Suyash Jha , Nitin Gupta , Tirlangi Praveen Kumar , Kiran Chawla , Vishnu P Shenoy , Muralidhar Varma , Mohan K Manu
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 626–628,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf002
Case Report
Adjunctive nivolumab in combination with antibiotic therapy for the management of refractory melioidosis in a patient with metastatic breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced pancytopenia
Praveen Kumar Tirlangi , Swathi Kiran , Vandana KE , C Mukhopadhyay , Ramit Kundu , Ananth Pai , Priya PS , Kavitha Saravu
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 629–631,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae142
Addressing the snakebite challenge Special Issue - progress towards the 2030 roadmap
Lessons From The Field
Challenges of researching snakes in India
Sourish Kuttalam , Anita Malhotra
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 632–634,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae104
Primary health system strengthening and system-level interventions for tackling snakebite envenoming in India
Priyanka Kadam , Stuart Ainsworth , Bhupeshwari Patel
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 635–637,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae106
Review Articles
Proteogenomic approaches for snake venom protein-based drug development: current trends and challenges
Sandeep Kumar Jhade , Karthik Kalidoss , Poonam Kumari Pathak , Rahul Shrivastava
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 638–647,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae073
Snakebite-associated acute kidney injury in South Asia: narrative review on epidemiology, pathogenesis and management
Bhawani Yasassri Alvitigala , Lallindra Viranjan Gooneratne , Christeine Ariaranee Gnanathasan , Eranga Sanjeewa Wijewickrama
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 648–664,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae077
Snakebite envenomation through a gender intersectionality lens in low- and middle-income countries
Innocent Ayesiga , Shamim Naggayi , Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami , Alex Akaka , Olivier Kubwimana , Gertrude Ahenewaa Gyabaah , Elizabeth Katusiime , Ukasha Musa Hashim , Ivan Kahwa
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 665–670,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae085
Original Article
Conflict between sea snakes and humans on the coast of West Bengal and Odisha, India: perception, attitudes and incidents
Anweshan Patra , Ardhendu Das Mahapatra , Anita Malhotra , Vishal Santra , Sudipta Kumar Ghorai , D Annadurai
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025, Pages 671–678,
https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae086