Eric P.M. Grist, Jennifer A. Flegg, Georgina Humphreys, Ignacio Más et al.
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites are now present across much of mainland Southeast Asia, where ongoing surveys are measuring and mapping their spatial distribution. These efforts require substantial resources. Here we propose a generic 'smart surveillance' me...
Jennifer M Peña, Brendan J Manning, Xiang Li, Elizabeth M. Selleck et al.
The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has highlighted the need for simple, low-cost, and scalable diagnostics that can be widely deployed for rapid testing. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–based diagnostics have emerged...
1. Ecosystems and Integrated Water Resources Management: The Link and the Need for Integration Brij Gopal, Hemesiri Kotagama and E. R. N. Gunawardena 2. Freshwater Ecosystems: Ecological Characteristics and Ecosystem Brij Gopal 3. Environmental Flow: Assessments and Applications Rezaur Rehman 4. Hum...
Emily Lan‐Vy Nguyen, Leo Hersi, Sanjay Mahant, Jessica Cichon et al.
OBJECTIVES: No previous study has examined the management of hospitalized children with orbital cellulitis at both children's and community hospitals across multiple sites in Canada. We describe variation and trends over time in diagnostic testing and imaging, adjunctive agents, empiric antibiotics,...
Jon C. Emery, Peter J. Dodd, Sayera Banu, Beatrice Frascella et al.
Abstract Background Individuals with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis disease (TB) that do not report symptoms (subclinical TB) represent around half of all prevalent cases of TB, yet their contribution to Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) transmission is unknown, especially compa...
Ahmad Taysir Atieh Qarawi, Sze Jia Ng, Abdelrahman Gamil Gad, Mai Luu et al.
Background: The outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by a novel coronavirus (named SARS-CoV-2) has gained attention globally and has been recognized as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the rapidly increasing number ...
Mohammad Rashidul Hashan, Khaled Elhusseiny, Huu‐Hoai Le, Thuan Minh Tieu et al.
We aimed to systematically review evidence pertaining to the safety and efficacy of nitazoxanide in treating infectious diarrhea. On September 21, 2017, we identified relevant studies using 12 databases. The estimates of the included studies were pooled as a risk ratio (RR). We conducted a network a...
Angela McBride, Ho Quang Chanh, Huynh Trung Trieu, Huyen Bang Tran et al.
Dengue is a global health emergency, with annually increasing case numbers that overwhelm healthcare systems, an ever-expanding range of the mosquito vector, and no antiviral or host-directed treatments proven to alter the course of disease. This article reports on a meeting of the Dengue Therapeuti...
Paul N. Reynolds, Sameera Ansari, Rosalyn Hernandez‐Sebastian, Watchara Boonsawat et al.
Background: In conjunction with the Annual Scientific Congress of the APSR held in Seoul, South Korea in November 2022, a workshop was held which brought together representatives from the APSR, Union APR, WHO SEARO and WHO WPRO. The input was sought from successful national groups that would address...
Zeba Amir, Bruno De Meulder
AbstractThe paper explores how the nomadic community of Van Gujjars are engaged in reproductions of forest-based settlement forms and construction of the Himalayan landscape through contestation and adaptation of State Forest policies. The paper first elaborates on the traditional settlement system ...
Gehad Mohamed Tawfik, Hoang Thi Nam Giang, Sherief Ghozy, Ahmed Altibi et al.
Abstract Background: Although protocol registration of systematic reviews/meta-analysis (SR/MA) is still not mandatory, authors are strongly suggested to publish their SR/MA protocols prior to submitting their manuscripts for publication as recommended by the Cochrane guidelines for conducting SR/MA...
Gehad Mohamed Tawfik, Hoang Thi Nam Giang, Sherief Ghozy, Ahmed Altibi et al.
Abstract Background Although protocol registration of systematic reviews/meta-analysis (SR/MA) is still not mandatory, authors are strongly suggested to publish their SR/MA protocols prior to submitting their manuscripts for publication as recommended by the Cochrane guidelines for conducting SR/MAs...
Mousumi Das, Xuan Li, Nguyen Viet Dung, Peter Bossier et al.
Quorum sensing (QS) is a bacterial communication system in which bacteria coordinate the expression of certain genes in response to the presence of small signal molecules. Some signal molecules called autoinducers are found to regulate several phenotypes of bacteria. The molecules used for the QS sy...
MTR Editorial Office
The editorial team greatly appreciates the reviewers who have dedicated their considerable time and expertise to the journal’s rigorous peer review process in 2024-2025, regardless of whether the submissions were finally published or not. In 2024-2025, a total of 356 articles were submitted to the j...
Peter A. Bos, Madelon M. E. Riem, Eddie Brummelman
In his seminal paper, The Nature of Love (1958), Harlow set the stage for the scientific study of love. Harlow, who suffered from severe depression, was driven by the fundamental belief that love was at the root of the condition that troubled him: “Love created, love destroyed, and love regained,” a...
Emma R. Norman
Writing an excellent scholarly peer review—as most academics are acutely aware—takes considerable time, effort, thought, and skill. Good reviews not only point out the strengths and weaknesses of a paper in detail with authority and sensitivity but also give significant guidance to authors on how ex...
Jon C. Emery, Peter J. Dodd, Sayera Banu, Beatrice Frascella et al.
Data analysis and mathematical modelling suggest that subclinical tuberculosis contributes substantially to transmission and needs to be diagnosed and treated for effective progress towards tuberculosis elimination.
Bawadi Abdullah, Sureena Abdullah, Abrar Zadeed Ahmed, Rawan Al Natour et al.
Gehad Mohamed Tawfik, Hoang Thi Nam Giang, Sherief Ghozy, Ahmed Altibi et al.
Abstract Background: Although protocol registration of systematic reviews/meta-analysis (SR/MA) is still not mandatory, it is highly recommended that authors publish their SR/MA protocols prior to submitting their manuscripts for publication as recommended by the Cochrane guidelines for conducting S...
Gehad Mohamed Tawfik, Hoang Thi Nam Giang, Sherief Ghozy, Ahmed Altibi et al.
Abstract Background: Although protocol registration of systematic reviews/meta-analysis (SR/MA) is still not mandatory, authors are strongly suggested to publish their SR/MA protocols prior to submitting their manuscripts for publication as recommended by the Cochrane guidelines for conducting SR/MA...