Tropical Medicine & International Health publishes articles on malaria, HIV, tuberculosis and neglected infectious diseases, water and sanitation, non-communicable diseases and public health. We publish original papers, reviews, and opinions. We particularly welcome critical and systematic reviews, short editorials, and papers reporting the results from randomized trials; all of these are made freely accessible online for 90 days on acceptance. We welcome papers led by authors from low to middle-income countries.

Tropical Medicine & International Health is published on behalf of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Foundation Tropical Medicine and International Health Amsterdam, Netherlands, Belgian Institute of Tropical Medicine and Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine. Tropical Medicine & International Health is the official journal of the Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH).

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Editor's Choice for June 2024

Efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis to preventing brucellosis in accidental exposure: A systematic review
Sarah Nascimento Silva, Glaucia Cota, Kathiaja Miranda Souza, Marina Gonçalves de Freitas, Janaína de Pina Carvalho, Endi Lanza Galvão

Virtual Issue on Health Policies in China



We are pleased to present a selection of articles on Health Policies in China published in Tropical Medicine & International Health.

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Virtual Issue on NCDs - Non-Communicable Diseases



We are pleased to present a selection of articles on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) published in Tropical Medicine & International Health.

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Virtual Issue on WASH - Water, Hygiene and Sanitation

We are pleased to present a selection of articles on water, sanitation and hygiene published in Tropical Medicine & International Health.

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Open access

Women's participation in mobile phone surveys in Mozambique: Findings from a qualitative study

Rosemary Morgan, Yolanda Manganhe, Celso Monjane, Milly Nakatabira, Helen Kuo, Cremildo Manhiça, Ferão Mandlate, Milton Sengo, Midalia Uamba, Almamy Malick Kante, Ivalda Macicame, Agbessi Amouzou, 
  •  19 July 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Open access

Prevalence and risk factors for murine typhus, scrub typhus and spotted fever group rickettsioses among adolescent and adult patients presenting to Yangon General Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar

Thomas R. Bowhay, Tin Ohn Myat, Win Thandar Oo, Hla Kye Mone, Katrina J. Sharples, Matthew T. Robinson, Mayfong Mayxay, Paul N. Newton, Stuart D. Blacksell, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, James E. Ussher, David R. Murdoch, Wah Win Htike, John A. Crump, 
  •  17 July 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Evaluation of itraconazole monotherapy versus its combination with a single dose of pentamidine for treating cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in Amazonas state, western Brazilian Amazon

Melissa de Sousa Melo Cavalcante, Lara Isabelli Oliveira da Silva, Jessica Vanina Ortiz, Rômulo Freire de Morais, Monica Regina Hosannah da Silva e Silva, Silmara Navarro Pennini, Amanda Bento dos Santos, Victoria Rosas Marques, Talita Silva Satiro, Gabriel Vinicius Silva de Carvalho, Katia do Nascimento Couceiro, Thamires Batos Pinheiro, André Luiz Leturiondo, Felipe Jules de Araújo Santos, José Ângelo Lauletta Lindoso, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, 
  •  11 July 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Open access

Interactive voice response surveys as a method for increasing the representativeness of rural respondents in a mortality mobile phone survey: Findings from Malawi

Malebogo Tlhajoane, Funny Muthema, Michael Chasukwa, Kelly McCain, Shammi Luhar, Julio Romero Prieto, Jacob Saikolo, Cremildo Manhica, Sarah Walters, Boniface Dulani, Georges Reniers, 
  •  10 July 2025
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Malaria and helminths co‐infection—Effects on anaemia, iron and folate deficiencies in paediatric population in Ghana

Opoku Bempah, Kwasi Baako Antwi, Mutala Abdul-Hakim, Ibrahim Alhadj Moussa Mahamat, Kwadwo Boampong, John Larbi, Kingsley Badu, 
  •  3 July 2025
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Below is a list of the most read articles in the previous 12 months, published in Tropical Medicine & International Health throughout the years.

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What factors affect patients’ ability to access healthcare? An overview of systematic reviews

Bryony Dawkins, Charlotte Renwick, Tim Ensor, Bethany Shinkins, David Jayne, David Meads, 
  •  1177-1188
  •  4 July 2021
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Tropical Medicine & International Health March 2020

  •  277-277
  •  2 March 2020
No abstract is available for this article.
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Scarification in sub‐Saharan Africa: social skin, remedy and medical import

Roland Garve, Miriam Garve, Jens C. Türp, Julius N. Fobil, Christian G. Meyer, 
  •  708-715
  •  5 April 2017
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Maternal and foetal‐neonatal outcomes of dengue virus infection during pregnancy

Sawai Singh Rathore, Sharvi Oberoi, Jonathan Hilliard, Ritesh Raja, Noman Khurshid Ahmed, Yogesh Vishwakarma, Kinza Iqbal, Chandani Kumari, Felipe Velasquez-Botero, María Alejandra Nieto-Salazar, Guillermo Andrés Moreno Cortes, Edwin Akomaning, Islam elFatih Mohamed Musa, 
  •  619-629
  •  11 June 2022
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Maternal and perinatal risk factors associated with congenital syphilis

Lorena Batista Pascoal, Ericka Viana Machado Carellos, Briana Henriques Machado Tarabai, Cristina Cerqueira Vieira, Larissa Gonçalves Rezende, Bárbara Silveira Faria Salgado, Roberta Maia de Castro Romanelli, 
  •  442-453
  •  8 May 2023
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The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

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The COVID‐19 epidemic

Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Christian G. Meyer, 
No abstract is available for this article.
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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low‐ and middle‐income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries

Annette Prüss-Ustün, Jamie Bartram, Thomas Clasen, John M. Colford, Oliver Cumming, Valerie Curtis, Sophie Bonjour, Alan D. Dangour, Jennifer De France, Lorna Fewtrell, Matthew C. Freeman, Bruce Gordon, Paul R. Hunter, Richard B. Johnston, Colin Mathers, Daniel Mäusezahl, Kate Medlicott, Maria Neira, Meredith Stocks, Jennyfer Wolf, Sandy Cairncross, 
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Systematic review: Hygiene and health: systematic review of handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects

Matthew C. Freeman, Meredith E. Stocks, Oliver Cumming, Aurelie Jeandron, Julian P. T. Higgins, Jennyfer Wolf, Annette Prüss-Ustün, Sophie Bonjour, Paul R. Hunter, Lorna Fewtrell, Valerie Curtis, 
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Severe Malaria

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Impact of drinking water, sanitation and handwashing with soap on childhood diarrhoeal disease: updated meta‐analysis and meta‐regression

Jennyfer Wolf, Paul R. Hunter, Matthew C. Freeman, Oliver Cumming, Thomas Clasen, Jamie Bartram, Julian P. T. Higgins, Richard Johnston, Kate Medlicott, Sophie Boisson, Annette Prüss-Ustün, 


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