Transactions: Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025
Highlights this month include a comparative study investigating disparities in unmet needs for family planning of urban and rural women in Kano State, Nigeria; a literature analysis on reactivation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the context of non-HIV immunosuppression; a review article on the epidemiological and clinical aspects of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan; the first report on the enzootic maintenance of Dirofilaria infection among dogs and mosquitoes in Puducherry, India; and a further five papers from our recent virtual issue: Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap.
Review Articles
Disparities in unmet need for family planning: a comparative study of urban and rural women in Kano State, Nigeria
Taiwo Ibinaiye , Babatunde Adelekan , Ummulkhulthum Bajoga , Sampson Ezikeanyi , Joachim Chijide , Collins Opiyo , Andat Dasogot , Koessan Kuawu
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 839–847, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf019
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan
Bilal Ahmad Rahimi , Mohammad Amin Ghatee , Muhammad Naeem Habib , Khushhal Farooqi , Koert Ritmeijer , Huma Syed Hussain , M Asim Beg , Walter R Taylor
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 848–864, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf028
Original Articles
The prevalence of anemia and its association with body mass index and obesity in adults: a community-based cross-sectional study
Husham O Elzein , Ahmed A Hassan , Ishag Adam
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 865–871, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf031
Snakebite in Nicoadala District, central Mozambique: a first assessment based on hospital records
Avelino R Miguel , Eliseu D Conceição , Célio Alfredo , Paulo N Miguel , Hinrich Kaiser
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 872–880, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf033
Dengue with liver involvement is associated with serum soluble thrombomodulin and P-selectin levels
Yanxia Huang , Linxuan Xue , Longjiao Dou , Zhuoqi Liu , Xiaohui Lu , Zhihui Tu , Hongyi Chen , Xianglin Tu , Jianfeng Rao , Li Wang , Xuping Peng , Weihua Ju , Shumei Wang , Daya Luo
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 881–890, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf034
Spatiotemporal patterns and factors associated with mortality from visceral leishmaniasis in a northern state of Brazil
Helen Mariel Biazussi , Fernanda do Carmo Magalhães , Diogo Tavares Cardoso , David Soeiro Barbosa , Mariângela Carneiro
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 891–901, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf035
Statistical modeling of acute diarrhea in pediatric malnutrition based on the assessment of nutritional status and clinical manifestations: a retrospective study in South-Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Muneeb Hassan , Muhammad Aman Ullah , Muhammad Ameeq , Qudsia Sarwar , Alpha kargbo
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 902–910, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf036
First report on the enzootic maintenance of Dirofilaria sp. hongkongensis in the canine hosts and mosquito vector Armigeres subalbatus (Coquillet) in Puducherry
Jagatheesh Manikannan , Uma Sambath , Krishan Kumar Sihag , Waseema Arif , Srikanth Srirama , Abiramy @Prabavathy A , Kumar Raja , Manju Rahi , Mathivanan Ashokkumar , Panneer Devaraju
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 911–918, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf037
Commentary
From relief to resistance: implications of self-medication practice for malaria elimination in India
Kanika Verma , Nitika Nitika , Praveen Kumar Bharti
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 919–921, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf008
Short Communication
Reactivation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the context of non-HIV immunosuppression: a literature analysis
Regina Maia de Souza , Felipe Francisco Tuon , Leticia Ramos Dantas , Rui Imamura , Alexandre Pereira Funari , Beatriz Julieta Celeste , Valdir Sabbaga Amato
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 922–925, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf038
Letter to the Editor
Global health initiatives and mycetoma management: the unmet promise
Ahmed Hassan Fahal , Dallas J Smith , Ali Awadalla Saeed , Borna Nyaoke , Fabiana Alves , Kingsley Asiedu , Rod Hay
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 926–927, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf001
Addressing the Snakebite Challenge Special Issue – Progress Towards the 2030 Roadmap
Review Article
Envenomation by ‘dead’ snakes: a review
B Sadananda Naik
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 928–932, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae125
Original Articles
Characteristics of snakebite patients due to Naja samarensis in the Philippines: a prospective hospital-based study
Yoshihiro Aoki , Jonathan Paghubasan , Patrick Joseph Tiglao , Marvin Jay Sarmiento , Rustan Arrieta , Mariedel A Tan , Mardie S Sarsalijo , Grace Joy B Aquino , Mercy Grace Beronilla-Uraga , John David L Comandante , Emelia B Santamaria , Greco Mark B Malijan , Shuichi Suzuki , Kensuke Takahashi , Shuhei Yamano , Chris Smith , Koichi Hayakawa , Osamu Tasaki , Lourdes C Agosto , David A Warrell , Koya Ariyoshi
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 933–942, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae110
Antivenom ineffectiveness in Echis carinatus sochureki envenoming: a five-year, single-centre experience from India
Maya Gopalakrishnan , Akhilesh Kumar PH , Divya Tanwar , Samarth Bhat KS , Bharat Choudhary , Mahendra K Garg
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 943–953, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae111
Venom composition, toxicity and cross-neutralization by PoliVal-ICP antivenom, of Mesoamerican jumping pitvipers genus Metlapilcoatlus (Viperidae: Crotalinae)
Adriana Alfaro-Chinchilla , Bruno Lomonte , Luis Zúniga , Manuel Acevedo , Edgar Neri-Castro , Alejandro Alagón , Fabian Bonilla , Cecilia Diaz , Mahmood Sasa
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 954–970, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae120
Utilising snake rescue data to understand snake–human conflict in Hooghly, West Bengal, India
Sourish Kuttalam , John Benjamin Owens , Vishal Santra , Molla T Ahmed , Biswajit Das , Surojit Das , Ayan Koley , Rakesh Koley , Axel Barlow , Anita Malhotra
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 971–981, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae124
Corrigendum
Corrigendum to: Haemotoxicity of snakes: a review of pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, novel diagnostics and challenges in management
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 982–984, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf021