Preface, Programme of the Symposium, list of Participants

Mycobacterium leprae and the Host Response

Leprosy in the world today

An atlas of leprosy

The epidemiological situation of leprosy in India

The epidemiological situation in south east Asia

The epidemiological situation in Africa

The epidemiological situation in the Americas

Leprosy - the Source of the Infection and its mode of transmission

Leprosy - a zoonosis

Occurrence of non-cultivable acid-fast bacilli in the environment and their relationship to M. leprae

The relative importance of specific immunity in protection against leprosy

HLA-linked control of the course of M. leprae infections

Identification of a particular B Cell Alloantigen associated with susceptibility to lepromatous leprosy

Non-specific factors that influcence susceptibility to leprosy

The effect of rapid socioeconomic development on the frequency of leprosy in a population

Population studies: potential and limitations for analysis of genetic and non-genetic factors in leprosy

The blessings and torments of the leprosy epidemiometric model

Problems in the Collection and Analysis of Data in Leprosy Studies

The Potential of Immunological Tests as Tools in the Epidemiology of Leprosy

Lepromin as an indicator and inducer of protective immunity

The control of specificity of skin test reagents

The lymphocyte transformation test in leprosy with special reference to its use in epidemiology

In Vitro Lymphocyte Stimulation Using a Purified Antigen of M. leprae and Tuberculin PPD

Subclinical infection in leprosy - its detection and control by fluorescent leprosy antibody absorption (FLA-ABS) test

Radioimmunoassay and other serologic tests and their application in epidemiological work

The use of immunological tests in epidemiological work

Leprosy at the interface between epidemiology and basic research