WPSAR Issue 16.4 published

The Editorial Team of Western Pacific Surveillance and Response (WPSAR) is pleased to announce the publication of our Q4 issue for 2025, Volume 16 Issue 4. To view the new issue, please click here.

We would like to thank the authors of these excellent papers for their diligence in reporting the results of their health security activities for the benefit of all in the Western Pacific Region. We also extend our thanks to all peer reviewers who took the time to ensure the quality of submissions, as well as our Associate Editors, Copyeditors and Proofreaders. Finally, we deeply thank all of our readers for their continued support, without whom this publication would not be possible.

If you have an idea for an article, please feel free to consult us by emailing wpsar@who.int.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Original Research
The first outbreak of herpes gladiatorum in Thailand: an investigation of boxing gyms in Phuket, May–August 2022
by Suppasit Srisaeng et al.
Genomic sequencing identifies tuberculosis cluster in inner-city Sydney boarding house, Australia, 2022
by Eunice Stiboy et al.
Noncommunicable disease communication campaigns in the Pacific Region: strengths, challenges and lessons learned from an online survey and poster analysis
by Ferdinand Strobel et al.
Hepatitis B prevalence, knowledge and attitudes among health-care workers and antenatal mothers attending a tertiary hospital in South Tarawa, Kiribati: insights from a 2022 cross-sectional study
by Thomas Russell et al.

Outbreak Investigation Report
Investigation of a measles outbreak in Brondong subdistrict, Lamongan district, Indonesia, 2023
by Konstantinus Ua et al.
Investigation of an outbreak of typhoid fever in a rural district of East Malaysia, 2019
by Jun Fai Yap et al.
School outbreak of coxsackievirus A16 in Antipolo City, Philippines, October 2022
by Daniel SP Garcia III et al.

Surveillance Report
The potential impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis trends in Japan
by Lisa Kawatsu and Kazuhiro Uchimura
Antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream isolates of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus from a provincial hospital, Cambodia, 2020–2022
by Sivhour Chiek et al.
Horse-racing injuries in children before and after the introduction of safety regulations in Mongolia
by Gerelmaa Gunsmaa et al.
Trends in and factors associated with late initiation of antiretroviral therapy among newly diagnosed HIV cases, Kampong Thom, Cambodia, 2014–2023
by Vathanak Sann et al.
Assessing progress and challenges towards malaria elimination in Kampong Speu, Cambodia: analysis of Plasmodium vivax and mixed infections, 2019–2023
by Kanha Ly et al.

Letter to the Editor
Tuberculosis trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: statistical considerations and limitations
by Keita Wagatsuma

Sincerely,
The WPSAR Editorial Team