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Social participation of people affected with leprosy in India: what does the literature tell us? A systematic review. 印度麻风病患者的社会参与：文献告诉我们什么？系统回顾。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf110

Pitchaimani Govindharaj, Sanjana Agrawal, Senthilkumar Ramasamy, Suganya Panneerselvam, Sandhya Bharathi Shanmugasundaram

{"title":"Social participation of people affected with leprosy in India: what does the literature tell us? A systematic review.","authors":"Pitchaimani Govindharaj, Sanjana Agrawal, Senthilkumar Ramasamy, Suganya Panneerselvam, Sandhya Bharathi Shanmugasundaram","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/traf110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf110","url":null,"abstract":"Leprosy is a public health concern in India, with significant social stigma and exclusion faced by affected individuals. Social participation is a critical component of rehabilitation and overall well-being, yet limited evidence has been synthesized regarding the associated factors. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to provide an overview of the social participation of people affected by leprosy from the existing literature in India. Scopus, PubMed and InfoLep databases were searched to identify the articles for the systematic review, which only includes studies conducted in India. The critical appraisal tool of cross-sectional studies-AXIS-was used to assess the study quality and risk of bias. The search identified 458 articles; 23 full-text articles were considered for eligibility, six of which were included in the review. All studies used the Participation Scale to assess social participation in individuals with leprosy. Findings showed associations between older age, female gender, lower socioeconomic status, longer disease duration and the multibacillary form of leprosy with participation restrictions. To overcome the restrictions on the social activities of people affected by leprosy, a comprehensive approach, consisting of health promotion activities, early accessible healthcare and improved rehabilitation services, is needed.","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145245370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Leprosy in India: challenges, advances and the path to eradication. 印度的麻风病：挑战、进展和根除之路。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf107

Sayanti Chatterjee, Pragya Santra, Riddhi Paul, Asesh Banerjee, Prabuddha Gupta

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Global health partnerships in ophthalmology: lessons from the UK-Ugandan global health exchange placement. 眼科领域的全球卫生伙伴关系：来自英国-乌干达全球卫生交流安排的经验教训。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf111

Smith L Chanelle, Primrose Magala, Ian Yeung, Ibrahim Bwaga, Moses W Mulimira, Tom Didimus Ediamu, Sheba G Nakacubo, Noreen Atwijukire, Innocent Ayesiga

{"title":"Global health partnerships in ophthalmology: lessons from the UK-Ugandan global health exchange placement.","authors":"Smith L Chanelle, Primrose Magala, Ian Yeung, Ibrahim Bwaga, Moses W Mulimira, Tom Didimus Ediamu, Sheba G Nakacubo, Noreen Atwijukire, Innocent Ayesiga","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/traf111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf111","url":null,"abstract":"This article evaluates the outcomes and insights from a collaborative initiative between Moorfields Eye Hospital volunteers, Eye Health Africa and the Ubora Foundation Africa focused on strengthening ophthalmic services in Uganda, particularly at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital. Drawing on comparative insights from National Health Service facilities in the West Midlands (UK), the article reflects on infrastructure limitations; workforce constraints; the collaborative, system-level interventions that must be introduced; and some initial initiatives made possible through the exchange. Emphasis is placed on sustainability, local capacity building and bilateral learning, with implications for replicable models of ophthalmic care development in low-resource settings. Lessons learned reveal the importance of cultural humility, context-specific innovation and long-term investment in human resources for health in the global fight against avoidable blindness and improving patient outcomes while offering a framework for future global eye health partnerships.","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145239810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase in a population exposed to insecticides during a campaign against Aedes aegypti. 在对抗埃及伊蚊的运动中，暴露于杀虫剂的种群中丁基胆碱酯酶的抑制作用。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-06 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf108

Luis A Chávez-Almazán, Hugo A Saldarriaga-Noreña, Diana Garibo-Ruiz, Ma Concepción Arcos-Cuevas

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Chagas disease: host responses, parasite evasion and vaccine advances. 恰加斯病：宿主反应、寄生虫逃避和疫苗进展。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-06 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf109

Héctor Serrano-Coll

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Molecular detection of a relapsing fever Borrelia in Dermacentor auratus infesting a human, with a brief review of human otoacariasis cases in Malaysia. 侵染人类的金耳革螨中的一种回归热伯氏疏螺旋体的分子检测，并简要回顾马来西亚人类耳螨病病例。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf106

Abdul Rahman Kazim, Sze Yin Ng, Nur Adilla Zaini, Van Lun Low, Jamal Houssaini, Dennis Tappe, Chong Chin Heo

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Unlocking the potential of blood-stage vaccines for malaria elimination. 释放血液阶段疫苗消除疟疾的潜力。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf013

Shrikant Nema, Sumit Rathore, Asif Mohmmed, Pawan Malhotra

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Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are better predictors of body mass index changes in adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City. 腰围和腰高比是胡志明市青少年体质指数变化的较好预测因子。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf049

Hong K Tang, Trang H H Nguyen, Michael J Dibley

{"title":"Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are better predictors of body mass index changes in adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City.","authors":"Hong K Tang, Trang H H Nguyen, Michael J Dibley","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/traf049","DOIUrl":"10.1093/trstmh/traf049","url":null,"abstract":"Background: This study was conducted to assess the correlation between baseline waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), triceps skinfold thickness (TSFT) and subscapular skinfold thickness (SSFT) with body mass index (BMI) at follow-up and to identify the anthropometric parameters accounting for the highest proportion of the BMI variation among junior high school students in Ho Chi Minh City.Methods: This was a 5-y prospective cohort study; 761 students were followed annually. Data collected included height, weight, WC, TSFT and SSFT. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to investigate the correlations between baseline anthropometric parameters with BMI at follow-up. Multilevel mixed-effect models with linear regression analyses and Poisson regression were used to assess the relationship between all listed variables with BMI changes as well as the risk of being overweight/obesity.Results: BMI, WC, TSFT, SSFT, WHtR, the sum of four skinfold thicknesses and % body fat at baseline were all strongly correlated with BMI at follow-up (p<0.001). Among multiple linear regression models, the models with WC or WHtR accounted for the highest variation in BMI changes (approximately 74.5%) (p<0.001), while the model with WHR explained only 22.7% of the variation in BMI changes.Conclusion: WC is a simple anthropometric indicator, which can be easily used to assess adiposity and is significantly associated with BMI changes over time.","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":"1141-1148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144064779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Malaria microscopy: a challenge in malaria elimination. 疟疾显微镜：消除疟疾的挑战。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf014

Ranjan Kumar Singh

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Seroprevalence and risk factors of Anisakis simplex in Makoko schoolchildren: insights from a Lagos, Nigeria slum. 马科科学童单纯异尖线虫的血清患病率和危险因素：来自尼日利亚拉各斯贫民窟的见解。

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf055

Chia-Kwung Fan, Ting-Wu Chuang, Hon-Ian Lei, Vincent P Gyang, Tyng-Shiuan Hsieh, Po-Ching Cheng, Chia-Mei Chou, Olaoluwa P Akinwale

{"title":"Seroprevalence and risk factors of Anisakis simplex in Makoko schoolchildren: insights from a Lagos, Nigeria slum.","authors":"Chia-Kwung Fan, Ting-Wu Chuang, Hon-Ian Lei, Vincent P Gyang, Tyng-Shiuan Hsieh, Po-Ching Cheng, Chia-Mei Chou, Olaoluwa P Akinwale","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/traf055","DOIUrl":"10.1093/trstmh/traf055","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Anisakis simplex is a parasitic zoonosis associated with consuming raw or undercooked fish. Despite its global relevance, data from Africa are scarce. This study assessed the seroprevalence and risk factors of A. simplex infection among primary schoolchildren (PSC) in Makoko, an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2013 to March 2014 involving 196 PSC from three government schools. Serodiagnosis was performed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with recombinant Ani s 1 and Ani s 7 allergens. Stool samples were examined for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) using the Kato-Katz method. Structured questionnaires gathered demographic and dietary information.Results: The overall seroprevalence of A. simplex infection was 12.25%. No significant association was found with gender or raw fish consumption. However, parental education and occupation influenced seropositivity. Interestingly, co-infection with STHs was inversely associated with A. simplex seropositivity. ELISA demonstrated high specificity with minimal cross-reactivity to STHs.Conclusions: This study provides the first seroepidemiological data on A. simplex in Nigerian children. Public health interventions, particularly fish-handling education, are warranted. Further research is needed to understand the clinical relevance of A. simplex sensitization in African settings.","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":"1184-1191"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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