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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf017

Kartika Saraswati, J Kevin Baird, Stuart D Blacksell, Marlous L Grijsen, Nicholas P J Day

{"title":"History of scrub typhus in Indonesia.","authors":"Kartika Saraswati, J Kevin Baird, Stuart D Blacksell, Marlous L Grijsen, Nicholas P J Day","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/traf017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf017","url":null,"abstract":"Scrub typhus is a common but underrecognized cause of fever in the Asia-Pacific region. This review is the first to examine the history of scrub typhus in the context of notable historical events in Indonesia. Scrub typhus was first observed in 1902 and has since been documented through colonial and modern times. However, the available evidence is sparse. This lack of data is influenced by wider factors, including geopolitical climate and socio-economic factors. During the colonial era and World War II, research focused on economic and military interests. There were research gaps during the unstable period following independence in 1945. More research commenced only in the 1970s, mainly under the auspices of the Ministry of Health. Since 2000, there have been sporadic attempts to study scrub typhus on several major islands (Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Borneo, Bali). We found 51 relevant articles documenting the presence of the pathogen and its vectors, with only a single case confirmed with standard laboratory testing. This lack of data, combined with low awareness and diagnostic capacity, makes it difficult for policymakers to appreciate the impact of scrub typhus. Indonesia needs sustainable and continuous surveillance systems, infrastructure and research funding to ensure diseases of public health importance are not neglected.","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143558177","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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Comment on: What is new in the treatment of snakebite envenoming? Opportunities and challenges.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf023

Andreas H Laustsen

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Mpox awareness and vaccination willingness among a household cohort in Matlab, Bangladesh.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf004

Ryan T Rego, Ashok Kumar Barman, Abram L Wagner, Bradley Carlson, Justin Yax, Gurpreet K Rana, Samuel Watson, Dinesh Mondal, Nicolas Kaplan, Joseph Kolars, Akbar K Waljee, Matthew L Boulton, Md Alfazal Khan, Rubhana Raqib, Md Sirajul Islam

{"title":"Mpox awareness and vaccination willingness among a household cohort in Matlab, Bangladesh.","authors":"Ryan T Rego, Ashok Kumar Barman, Abram L Wagner, Bradley Carlson, Justin Yax, Gurpreet K Rana, Samuel Watson, Dinesh Mondal, Nicolas Kaplan, Joseph Kolars, Akbar K Waljee, Matthew L Boulton, Md Alfazal Khan, Rubhana Raqib, Md Sirajul Islam","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/traf004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf004","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Awareness of mpox and acceptance of vaccinations are important components of a passive surveillance system and public health control efforts. We estimate and explore factors in awareness of mpox and acceptance of mpox vaccination in Matlab, a rural region of Bangladesh.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey in August and September 2022. A total of 700 households were approached, screened against the inclusion criteria and consented. Households were administered a survey questioning basic demographics, health access, community and government trust, sources of health information, awareness of mpox and intent to be vaccinated against mpox if the vaccine were available at no cost. We summarized the data through a univariate analysis and explored factors in awareness of mpox through a logistic regression.Results: Of the 700 recruited households, 501 completed the survey. Of these, 64% were aware of mpox and 94% were willing to be vaccinated against mpox. Older age had a negative association with awareness of mpox, with a -0.5 percentage point difference (95% confidence interval -1.0 to 0.1); no other demographic factor had a significant or near-significant association. Having access to a bank account and attending a clinic for healthcare needs had a significant positive association with mpox awareness.Conclusion: There are strides to be made in increasing mpox awareness to strengthen passive surveillance efforts and personal protection efforts in Matlab and similar regions. This may be done through educational campaigns, increasing access to healthcare and overall improvements in health literacy. However, acceptance of the vaccination is high, presenting a learning opportunity for other contexts.","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143558178","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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Response to comment by Andreas H. Laustsen on: 'What is new in the treatment of snakebite envenoming? Opportunities and challenges'.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf024

David A Warrell

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Challenges in assessing the impact of infection and disease control interventions over the past decade based on the Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Topical Diseases (ESPEN) database.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf005

Chi Wai Ng, Rosie Maddren, Roy M Anderson

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Can malaria be eliminated? 15 years on.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf018

Youjia Liu, Sol Richardson

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Disparities in unmet need for family planning: a comparative study of urban and rural women in Kano State, Nigeria.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf019

Taiwo Ibinaiye, Babatunde Adelekan, Ummulkhulthum Bajoga, Sampson Ezikeanyi, Joachim Chijide, Collins Opiyo, Andat Dasogot, Koessan Kuawu

{"title":"Disparities in unmet need for family planning: a comparative study of urban and rural women in Kano State, Nigeria.","authors":"Taiwo Ibinaiye, Babatunde Adelekan, Ummulkhulthum Bajoga, Sampson Ezikeanyi, Joachim Chijide, Collins Opiyo, Andat Dasogot, Koessan Kuawu","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/traf019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf019","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated urban-rural differences in the prevalence of unmet need for family planning among women of reproductive age in Kano State, Nigeria, and identified factors contributing to these disparities. Rural-urban disparities in unmet need for family planning outcomes and women's characteristics were assessed. Univariate multilevel mixed-effect logistic regression models were employed to quantify the association between rural/urban residences and each unmet need for family planning and related outcomes. In urban areas, factors associated with unmet need for family planning included husband/partner (OR: 0.25, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.88, p=0.031) and joint decision-making about medical treatment (OR: 0.27, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.80, p=0.018). In rural areas, middle wealth categories (OR: 1.92, 95% CI 1.07 to 3.47, p=0.029), women with 3-4 (OR: 5.41, 95% CI 1.07 to 27.1, p=0.040) and ≥5 birth events (OR: 8.44, 95% CI 1.74 to 40.82, p=0.008) and those who work but are not paid in cash (OR: 0.46, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.99, p=0.049) were associated with unmet need for family planning. Tailored interventions considering socioeconomic, cultural and geographical factors are essential to reduce barriers to family planning services and promote informed decision-making among women in Kano State.","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433892","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.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf014

Ranjan Kumar Singh

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The One Health approach to Strongyloides stercoralis.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf003

Jiayin Lyu, Xiaoyin Fu, Dengyu Liu

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Evaluation of suitability of two tools for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis.

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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf012

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

{"title":"Evaluation of suitability of two tools for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis.","authors":"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","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/traf012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf012","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Leishmaniasis still imposes a heavy burden on many health systems and remains a public health problem. Early diagnosis in dogs, which act as a major reservoir for the pathogen, is central. The intention of epidemiologic studies is to identify the disease early, allowing rapid intervention to reduce its effects. This study aimed to develop two types of diagnostics tools, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a lateral flow immunochromatography assay for recognizing canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL).Methods: Multiwell ELISA plates were sensitized and strips were designed with the same chimeric recombinant antigen from Leishmania spp. (LeQuiDi) and the results were compared. The sera panel contained 409 samples, including 244 positives and 165 negatives. Of the 165 negative sera, 67 were obtained from Corrientes city, an endemic area for CVL in Argentina, and 98 of this group from La Plata city, a non-endemic area in Argentina (they were seropositive for other infections, as specificity control).Results: Serum with an elevated concentration of lipids, or bilirubin, or a variable percentage of haemolysis were tested without interference. Both the sensitivity and specificity of the LeQuiDi-based tests were high: ≥93% for ELISA and ≥87% for LFIA.Conclusions: Our study introduces LeQuiDi as a promising antigen for CVL diagnosis, regardless of the test format.","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143410936","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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