Volume: 55 - Number: 4 - year 1984



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EDITORIAL

LEPRA's elective period student programme, 1973-1983
R. J. W. Rees
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840035

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The sensitivity and specificity of fluorescent leprosy antibody absorption (FLA-ABS) test for detecting subclinical infection with Mycobacterium leprae
Ji Baohong, Tang Quankui, Li Yenlong, Chen Jiakun, Zhang Jialing, Dong Liwen, Wang Chenmin, Ma Jiaju and Ye Dali
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840036

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Anti-Mycobacterium leprae antibodies induced by lepromin injection as demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescence
Elba GonzáLez-Abreu, A. GonzáLez-Segredo and F. De La Cruz
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840037

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The bactericidal activity of various aminoglycoside antibiotics against Mycobacterium leprae in mice
R. H. Gelber, P. R. Henika and J. B. Gibson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840038

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Clofazimine and the eye: preliminary communication
A. D. Nêgrel, M. Chovet, G. Baquillon and R. Lagadec
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840039

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The effect of intervals between surveys on the estimation of incidence rates of leprosy
K. Jesudasan, D. Bradley, P. G. Smith and M. Christian
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840040

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Prevalence of secondary dapsone-resistant leprosy in Upper Volta
S. R. Pattyn, A. Yada, H. Sansarricq and L. Van Loo
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840041

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Carcinoma in plantar ulcers in leprosy
R. N. Fleury and D. V. A. Opromolla
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840042

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Multibacillary leprosy in an 18-month-old child: a case report
J. Nsibambi, Tebebe Yemane Berhan and Titia Warndorff Van Diepen
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840043

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Hypersensitivity reaction to dapsone: report from Malaysia
Kader Naina Mohamed
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840044

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Multidrug therapy for leprosy in Trinidad and Tobago: a preliminary report
R. F. Keeler
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840045

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SPECIAL ARTICLES

Treatment of leprosy in rural India as seen on a medical student elective
D. N. Riley
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840046

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Primary defects of the hand with intrinsic paralysis
J. W. Brandsma and J. G. Andersen
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840047

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Leprosy immunology-some aspects of the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of disease
T. Godal
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840048

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Five-day course on clinical leprosy for medical officers
Jeanette Hyland
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19840049

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DOMICILIARY AND FIELD WORK

Blink-Bell-Blindness. J. W. Brandsma • Management of ulceration in anaesthetic extremities. R. E. Pfaltzgraff • WHO: Blindness prevention; training auxiliary personnel in eye care • Primary eye care manual/or health workers, Kenya • International agency for the prevention of blindness 'eye camps' in south India • Colour transparency teaching sets on leprosy

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REPORTS, NEWS AND NOTES

LEPRA's contribution to the fight against leprosy. S. G. Browne • British National Formulary, Number 7, 1984 • WHO:' Post for scientist in malaria vacant • UNESCO coupons in place of foreign currency • English for foreign students of medicine, Edinburgh • English Language Book Society, 1984 catalogue • Revista Argentina de Dermatologia • International Symposium on Mycobacteria of Clinical Interest, 1985 • XVII World Congress of Dermatology, 1987 • Partners in Portuguese Companheiros • Revista Goiana de Medicina • Histopathology services for developing countries • Technical guide for smear examination for leprosy by direct microscopy • BIREME and the Index Medicus Latino-Americano • Medical Student Electives in the Third World; Action Health 2000, Cambridge, UK • Video-tape: 'Chemotherapy of Leprosy for Control Programmes'

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reply. Relapsed lepromatous leprosy in Korea: occurrence of multiple small 'umbilicated' lesions of borderline type
Malkit Singh, A. J. S. Kanwar and Y. K. Malhotra

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Classification of treated leprosy patients in the absence of adequate records
Alison Summers, J. M. Ponnighaus and C. Burggraaff

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ILEP Meeting on Multidrug Therapy (MDT), Delhi, 1984
Marijke Becx-Bleumink

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