Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

Editorial

Published on 26 Aug 2025

Editorial: Preventing and controlling tropical infectious diseases: lessons from the global south

in Disease Prevention and Control Policy

Teresa Elizabeth Leslie
Jayaprakasam Madhumathi

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1685134

739 views

Policy Brief

Published on 26 Aug 2025

Potential activities to improve primary care prescribing of antibiotics across Africa

in Antimicrobial Resistance

Audrey Chigome
Nishana Ramdas
Stephen M. Campbell
Márió Gajdács
Israel Abebrese Sefah
Ester Hango
Amos Massele
Brian Godman
Johanna C. Meyer

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1634182

320 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Accepted on 25 Aug 2025

Health System Preparedness among African Countries for Disease Outbreaks Using the World Health Organisation Framework: An Awakening from the Recent mpox Outbreak

in Emerging Tropical Diseases

Ayesiga Innocent
Magala Primrose
Ovye Aghu
Gmanyami Jonathan Mawutor
Atwau Pius
Ismaila Esther
Muwonge Henry
Ediamu Tom Didimus
Atimango Lorna
Dogo Joy Malle

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1618205

156 views

Policy Brief

Accepted on 25 Aug 2025

Potential activities to reduce the extent of substandard and falsified antibiotics across Africa and associated antimicrobial resistance

in Antimicrobial Resistance

Tiyani Milta Maluleke
Biset Asrade Mekonnen
Chukwuemeka Ubaka
Bene Anand Paramadhas
Mukhethwa Munzhedzi
Aubrey C Kalungia
Ester Hango
Santosh Kumar
Brian Godman
Johanna Catharina Meyer

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1634029

Original Research

Published on 22 Aug 2025

Modeling the effectiveness of Esperanza window traps as a complementary vector control strategy for achieving the community-wide elimination of onchocerciasis

in Tropical Disease Epidemiology and Ecology

Shakir Bilal
Morgan E. Smith
Swarnali Sharma
Wajdi Zaatour
Ken Newcomb
Thomas R. Unnasch
Edwin Michael

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1626506

421 views

Systematic Review

Published on 20 Aug 2025

Bridging the policy-action gap: a scoping review of climate-resilient malaria control policies in Kenya and Zambia with recommendations for strengthening the WHO framework

in Disease Prevention and Control Policy

Isaac Ntwiga
Samuel Kamau Kang’ethe
Josphat Martin Muchangi
Sheila Lumumba
Jackline Kiarie
Sarah Kogei
Levy Mkandawire

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1596875

484 views

Case Report

Published on 19 Aug 2025

Death to bite: a case report of dead snake envenoming and treatment

in Neglected Tropical Diseases

Susmita Thakur
Surajit Giri
Gaurav Choudhary
Hemen Nath
Robin Doley

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1644239

3,446 views

Editorial

Published on 15 Aug 2025

Editorial: Enhancing leprosy diagnosis: new tools and approaches for global health impact

in Neglected Tropical Diseases

Angelica Gobbo
Natália Aparecida de Paula
Filipe Rocha Lima

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1678063

426 views

Systematic Review

Published on 14 Aug 2025

A scoping review of antibiotic resistance through a One Health lens. Insights from the Nile Valley: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia

in Antimicrobial Resistance

Leena Al-Hassan
Anya A. Nowbuth
Getachew Tesfaye Beyene
Biruk Yeshitela
Derbew Fikadu Berhe
Kassu Desta
Mistire Wolde
Thamarai Dorai-Schneiders
Amira Farouk
Mai Zafer

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1629274

1,192 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 13 Aug 2025

Field Observations on the Use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Human African Trypanosomiasis in Nigeria

in Neglected Tropical Diseases

Chinwe Uzoma Chukwudi
Omolara Adenekan
Jonadab Chinwendu
Amadea Enwonwu
Chinonso Iyi
Uchenna Anyaorah
Chukwuebuka Ugwu
Michael Owoicho
Glory Joseph
Akwoba Ogugua

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1638558

Original Research

Accepted on 07 Aug 2025

Global Burden and Trends of Cystic Echinococcosis from 1990 to 2021: Age, Gender, and Socioeconomic Disparities in a Persistent Zoonosis

in Tropical Disease Epidemiology and Ecology

Yu Boyang
Tongtong Liu
Dong xue Wang
Jing yin Zhang
Bei bei Zhao
Shuang Zhang

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1627873

213 views

Review

Published on 07 Aug 2025

Tropical infections and the gut microbiome: dysbiosis, recovery, and clinical implications

in Tropical Disease Epidemiology and Ecology

Biruk Demisse Ayalew
Muhammad Umar
Muhammad Saeed
Ahtisham Ali
Kaleb Assefa Berhane
Temesgen Mamo Sharew
Yonatan Abbawa Zewdie
Eskeatnaf Yosef Getachew
Zemichael Getu Alemayehu
Abate Bane Shewaye

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1620822

632 views

Original Research

Accepted on 04 Aug 2025

Effects of Behaviour Change Communication: Interventions for the Prevention of Bilharziasis in the Districts of N'dali and Aguégués in Benin

in Neglected Tropical Diseases

Josias Olutobi AHAMIDE
Charles Jérôme SOSSA
Yolande SISSINTO
Edmond YETONGNON
Edgard-Marius OUENDO
Achille AYALE
Romaric TCHEBE

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1622582

179 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jul 2025

Visceral leishmaniasis treatment outcome and associated factors among pediatric patients in Northwest Ethiopia: a seven-year retrospective cohort data analysis (2013–2019)

in Neglected Tropical Diseases

Haregewoyn Abere
Aberham Abere
Dessie Abebaw
Gizework Alemnew Mekonnen
Tena Cherkos
Mekuriaw Alemayehu
Mequanent Kassa

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1566971

1,411 views

Mini Review

Published on 29 Jul 2025

One Health approach for the prevention of open defecation: a panacea for open defecation-driven neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa

in Neglected Tropical Diseases

Verner N. Orish
Isaac B. Addei
David E. Adzah
Acheampong G. Oteng
Moses A. Ayaaba
Aleksandra Marinkovic
Tatiana Gardellini
Ricardo Izurieta
Rajashree Pandit
Chuku Okorie

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1630115

718 views

Original Research

Accepted on 28 Jul 2025

Prescription and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns at Selected Critical Care Units of the Largest Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya

in Antimicrobial Resistance

Emmah Obegi
Margaret Oluka
Sylvia Opanga
Dorothy Aywak
Faith Okalebo
Mitchel Otieno Okumu

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1555008

207 views