Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Aug 2025

Current knowledge and attitudes toward antibiotic use among community pharmacy personnel in a rural province in South Africa and the implications

Tiyani Milta Maluleke
Morgan Tiyiselani Maluleke
Ana Golić Jelić
Stephen M Campbell
Vanda Marković-Peković
Natalie Schellack
Nishana Ramdas
Brian Godman
Johanna Catharina Meyer

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1637843

327 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Aug 2025

Prescription and antibiotic resistance patterns at selected critical care units of the largest teaching and referral hospital in Kenya

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

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1555008

1,244 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Aug 2025

Estimated extent of purchasing of antibiotics without a prescription from community pharmacies in a rural province in South Africa and the implications

Tiyani Milta Maluleke
Morgan Tiyiselani Maluleke
Ana Golić Jelic
Stephen M. Campbell
Vanda Marković-Peković
Natalie Schellack
Audrey Chigome
Aislinn Cook
Brian Godman
Johanna C. Meyer

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1637362

675 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Aug 2025

Community perspectives on anti-helminthiasis mass drug administration for school-age children in Ghana

Lansana Barry
Nathaniel Larbi Andah
Sidikiba Sidibé
Alexandre Delamou
Phyllis Dako-Gyeke

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1553488

706 views

Editorial

Published on 26 Aug 2025

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

Teresa Elizabeth Leslie
Jayaprakasam Madhumathi

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1685134

1,195 views

Policy Brief

Published on 26 Aug 2025

Potential activities to improve primary care prescribing of antibiotics across Africa

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

851 views
1 citation

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

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

683 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

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

900 views

Case Report

Published on 19 Aug 2025

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

Susmita Thakur
Surajit Giri
Gaurav Choudhary
Hemen Nath
Robin Doley

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1644239

4,382 views

Editorial

Published on 15 Aug 2025

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

Angelica Gobbo
Natália Aparecida de Paula
Filipe Rocha Lima

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

doi 10.3389/fitd.2025.1678063

675 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

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

1,700 views

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

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

352 views

Review

Published on 07 Aug 2025

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

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

1,000 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

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

262 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)

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

1,743 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

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

992 views

464 Publications

Volume 6 - 2025

Current knowledge and attitudes toward antibiotic use among community pharmacy personnel in a rural province in South Africa and the implications

Prescription and antibiotic resistance patterns at selected critical care units of the largest teaching and referral hospital in Kenya

Estimated extent of purchasing of antibiotics without a prescription from community pharmacies in a rural province in South Africa and the implications

Community perspectives on anti-helminthiasis mass drug administration for school-age children in Ghana

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

Potential activities to improve primary care prescribing of antibiotics across Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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