Transactions: Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025
Highlights in this issue include a case study on the difficulties of a leprosy diagnosis in a non-endemic region, as well as an original article about the detection of Toxoplasma gondii from patients diagnosed with nine different cancers. A planetary framework recognising the connections between human health and environmental systems and human-snake conflict is discussed in the Letter to the Editor, and a review investigating the use of population based interventions to control the transmission and spread of Malaria is also included.
Find this, and more, in this Issue of Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Review
Advances in population-based interventions to control falciparum malaria
Samuel E Glossop, Thomas J Peto, Bipin Adhikari.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1316–1323, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf088
Original Articles
Impact of a comprehensive sickle cell disease care programme on community knowledge among Indian tribal populations: a multicentric study
Yogita Sharma, Deepa Bhat, Parikipandla Sridevi, Shaily B Surti,Manoranjan Ranjit, Jatin Sarmah, Godi Sudhakar, Bontha V Babu.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1324–1334, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf071
Epidemiology of malaria in Chhattisgarh, India: a surveillance data analysis, 2015–2023
Dharmendra Kumar Gahwai, Mogan Kaviprawin, Gollapalli Pavan Kumar, Deepak Kumar Panigrahi, Jaswant Kumar Das, Kalyani Patel, Meenakshi Roy, Seema Tigga, Tripti Jain, Yogesh Patel, Amit Kumar, Aarthy Ramasamy, Manikandanesan Sakthivel, Ganeshkumar Parasuraman.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1335–1341, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf072
Effectiveness of stand-alone anti-adult mosquito control strategies against Aedes-borne diseases: scoping review with meta-analysis
Thekkumkara Surendran Anish, Pillaveettil Sathyadas Indu, Sairu Philip, Zinia T Nujum, Jose Vincent, Rajamohanan K Pillai.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1342–1350, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf076
Cohort study of human infection by Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in southern Honduras, Central America
Wilfredo Sosa-Ochoa, Concepción Zuniga, Gabriela V A Flores, Carmen M S Pacheco, Carlos E P Corbett, Fernando T Silveira, Márcia D Laurenti.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1351–1360, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf077
Schistosomiasis japonicum burden in adult villagers of Qingshan Island, China: a cross-sectional study on prevalence, intensity, knowledge and risk factors
Ying Zhang, Kai Liu, Jie Jiang, Yu Zhang, Zhen Yang, Shudong Xie, Yingzi Ming.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1361–1368, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf078
Spatiotemporal dynamics and determinants of yellow fever outbreaks in 21st century Brazil: an ecological study
Fabricio T O Ker, Chloe Fletcher, Sophie A Lee, Adriano Pinter, Mariângela Carneiro, Rachel Lowe, David S Barbosa.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1376–1388, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf081
Impact of two dual active ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets on pregnancy birth outcomes in Benin
Colette Sih, Landry Assongba, Edouard Dangbenon, Ulrich Gbatcho, Germain Gil Padonou, Martin C Akogbeto, Natacha Protopopoff, Jackie Cook, Manfred Accrombessi.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1389–1399, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf082
Molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in paraffin blocks from patients diagnosed with various cancers
Azadeh Pourahmad, Babak Shirazi Yeganeh, Amir Abdoli, Zahra Kargar Jahromi, Akbar Kazemi, Ali Taghipour, Ali Rezanezhad, Hassan Rezanezhad.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1400–1404, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf083
Lesson from the Field
The hunter and the hunted: mpox in the Mkpot rainforest community of Nigeria
Clement A Meseko, Nanven Maurice, Ismaila Shittu, Bernard A Onoja, Dennis Kabantiyok, Moses Oguche, Jolly Adole, Adeniyi Egbetade, Ifeanyi Abali, Henry Arikpo, Bassey Edet, Cole A Adekanmbi, Adeyinka J Adedeji.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1313–1315, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf085
Case Report
Multiple ulcerative leprosy with delayed diagnosis in a non-endemic region
Qian Zhang, Yang Xu, Chang-Qiang Li, Xiao-Feng Chen, Hui-Jing Zheng, Yu Liu, Wen-Feng Huang.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1408–1410, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf094
Short Communication
Out-of-pocket expenditure of patients admitted with dengue in a public hospital in Bangladesh
Md Abur Rafi, Mahmuda Yesmin, Safayet Jamil, Avijit Sarker Jyoti, Shouvik Roy Subha, Plaban Chandra Sarker, Prachurjo Sarkar, Dewan Tasnia Azad, Mir Susmita Zaman, Mohammad Jahid Hasan.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages 1405–1407, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf087
Letter to the Editor (Other)
Human–snake conflict and snakebite envenoming: a planetary health perspective
Patrick Joseph Tiglao, Yoshihiro Aoki, Nguyen Tien Huy.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2025, Pages e18–e19, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf068