Volume: 51 - Number: 2 - year 1980





EDITORIAL

Macrophage stimulation and activity in lepromatous leprosy
D. S. Ridley
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19800009

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

HLA-DR antigens in tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy
Thomas H. Rea and Paul I. Terasaki
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19800010

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Demonstration of antibodies against Mycobacterium leprae both in immunoglobulin G and M in sera from pregnant and non-pregnant lepromatous leprosy patients
Reidar Melsom and Margaret Elizabeth Duncan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19800011

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In vivo effects of propranolol on some cellular and humoral immune functions in a group of patients with lepromatous leprosy
R. Anderson, E. M. S. Gatner, F. M. J. H. Imkamp and S. H. Kok
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19800012

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The incidence of disabilities in Hansen's disease after the commencement of chemotherapy
Richard F. Keeler and Margaret A. Ryan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19800013

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Disability in leprosy: a relevant measurement of progress in leprosy control
W. C. S. Smith, U. S. Antin, A. R. Patole
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19800014

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Health education and leprosy
C. M. E. Matthews, A. J. Selvapandian and M. Jesudasan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19800015

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OBITUARY
G. Newberry Fox

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LEPROSY AND THE COMMUNITY
Action medeor; deutsches medikamenten-hilfswerk, D-4154 toenisvorst 2, west Germany • The Second International Workshop On Training Of Leprosy Workers in Asia. Bangkok, Thailand, January 7- 16th, 1979 • Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundations, Tokyo, Japan, as co-sponsor with the ministry of public health, Thailand • WHO; 'in point of fact' n. 10/ 1980. biological control of disease vectors • WHO; who features, November 1979, n. 51, 'water and development' • WHO: pdt/di/78.2. drug information; April-June 1978 ; A bulletin devoted to international transfer of information on current drug problems • 'India embarks on multipurpose research - 250,000 workers involved' ; from the International Journal of Health Education, vol xxii , 1979/3, pages 1 43-9 • WHO ; press release who/ l of 4 January 1980. 'tuberculosis experts meet to discuss lack of protection of BCG vaccines in trial'
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19800016

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FIELD WORKERS FORUM
Laboratory services at primary health care level

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NEWS AND NOTES
Dr. Ruth Pfau, MD , appointment as federal advisor for leprosy to the government of Pakistan • Japan honours dr. Stanley Browne • ILEP ; 33rd Meeting of the Medical Commission, Brussels, 13 December 1979 • Two new publications (translations) in Portuguese • 'An analysis of research needs and priorities in dermatology', The Journal of Investigative Dermatology: supp lemental issue ; vol 73/ no 5, November 1 979, part ii • The XVI International Congress of Dermatology, Tokyo, Japan , 1982 • Courses of interest to scientific and technical staff employed in the National Health Service (uk) 1978/1979 • La lepre chez l'enfant • Pictorial Aids for medical teaching : from the magazine of who, October, 1 979• Portable slide projector, weighing less than 5 kg • Schisto update, October-December 1979

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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