Transactions: Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026
Highlights from this issue include a review of the affects of a leprosy diagnosis on the social participation of people living with the disease in India, and an original article on the identification of diarrhoea-causing protozoa among children in Guinea-Bissau. In addition, there are original articles focusing on the determinants of mortality from snakebites in Nigeria and assessing the long term impact of insecticidal nets on the rates of malaria in Zambia.
Reviews
Social participation of people affected with leprosy in India: what does the literature tell us? A systematic review
Pitchaimani Govindharaj, Sanjana Agrawal, Senthilkumar Ramasamy, Suganya Panneerselvam, Sandhya Bharathi Shanmugasundaram
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 175–182, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf110
Polymorphisms in Cytochrome P450 genes: implications for Plasmodium vivax malaria treatment in Brazil
Marcelo Cerilo-Filho, Maria Naely G Almeida, Marrara P Sampaio, Amanda G N C Mello, Dulce J V Fernando, Raisa P Braz, Leonardo A Miceli, Nathália F Reis, Ricardo J de P Guimarães, José R S Silva, Luciane M Storti-Melo, Andréa R S Baptista, Ricardo L D Machado
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 183–191, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf116
One Health best practices for addressing health threats at the human–animal–environment interface, with focus on the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Alexandra Schiller, Asma Saidouni, Heba Mahrous, Mohamed Elhakim, Amgad Elkholy
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 192–198, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf117
Family quality of life and associated factors among people with leprosy or podoconiosis/lymphatic filariasis with visible disabilities and their family members in Ethiopia: a baseline study for a randomized controlled trial
Moges Wubie Aycheh, Anna T van ’t Noordende, Nurilign Abebe Moges, Alice P Schippers
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 199–210,https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf122
Original Articles
Microscopic and molecular identification of diarrhoea-causing intestinal protozoa among children in Guinea-Bissau
Heidi B Bertelsen, Signe V Vahlkvist, Gitte N Hartmeyer, Poul-Erik Kofoed, Sebastian von Huth
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 211–218, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf112
Detection of subpatent malaria among febrile mobile and migratory population individuals: a strategy for malaria elimination
Taruna Kaura, Abhishek Mewara, Seema Devi, NazatInder Singh, Jaspreet Takkar, Neeraj Kumar, Rakesh Sehgal, Gagandeep Singh Grover
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 219–225, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf118
Low CD4+ T-cell count and haematological parameters in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Bizuayehu Gashaw, Endalew Yizengaw, Endalkachew Nibret
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 226–231, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf120
Multi-inflammatory index as a novel predictive and prognostic marker in patients with Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever
Nazan Cinislioglu, Sibel Iba Yilmaz, Tugay Aksakalli
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 232–239, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf121
Serological cross-reactivity and identification of an acute Seoul orthohantavirus case in a dengue outbreak from Vietnam
Do Huy Loc, Do Duc Anh, Le Thi Kieu Linh, Do Thi Huyen Dieu, Ngo Thu Hang, Nguyen Huu Lanh, Dinh Thi Bich Thom, Nguyen Thi Hong Nhung, Peter G Kremsner, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Le Huu Song, Nguyen Linh Toan, Thirumalaisamy P Velavan
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 240–246, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf124
Total IgE levels in HIV-negative and HIV-positive individuals infected with parasites in rural settings of Gabon
B Pongui Ngondza, N P M’Bondoukwé, B C Moutoumbi Ditombi, C Mayandza, D Mabicka Moussavou, C Manomba Boulingui, D P Mawili-Mboumba, M Kombila, M K Bouyou-Akotet
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 247–253, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf125
Cerebral malaria: of mice and men
Chamarika J Weerasekera, Nicholas J White
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 254–257, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf126
Parasitological efficacy of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nampula, northern Mozambique
Craig Bonnington, Mercia Sitoe, Ivan A Pulido Tarquino, Sonia M Enosse, Chayanin Sararat, Kanokorn Suwannasin, Stephane Proux, Urairat Koesukwiwat, Joel Tarning, Mallika Imwong, Katherine Theiss-Nyland, François Henri Nosten, Nicholas John White
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 258–267, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf127
Malaria incidence before and after long-lasting insecticidal net distribution in four Zambian provinces, 2010−2021
Ruth Mulinda Mwenya, Isaac Damson Ngulube, Sol Richardson
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 268–276, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf129
Determinants of mortality following snakebite envenomation: a matched case–control study in northeastern Nigeria
Nicholas Amani Hamman, Aashna Uppal, Paul Kingpriest, Nuhu Mohammed, Abubakar Saidu Ballah, Abigail Micah Umar, Bala Lawan, Eric Nyarko, Trudie Lang, Joshua Abubakar Difa
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2026, Pages 277–289, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf130