Volume: 57 - Number: 4 - year 1986



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EDITORIAL

How might Mycobacterium leprae enter the body?
M. J. Pallen and R. Denise McDermott
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860029

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Undernutrition in lepromatous leprosy, Part I. Is it associated with poverty or with disease?
K. N. Rao, V. Lakshmi and K. Saha
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860030

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Undernutrition in lepromatous leprosy, Part II. Altered levels of serum elements. Their association with the disease and not with food deprivation
K. N. Rao and K. Saha
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860031

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Antimycobacterial antibodies in Dasypus novemcinctus infected with Mycobacterium leprae and their correlation with the serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase
O. Rojas-Espinosa, Patricia Mendez, Antonina Oltra and Patricia Arce
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860032

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Antigens of Mycobacterium leprae in urine during treatment of patients with lepromatous leprosy
P. Olcén, M. Harboe and Titia Warndorff Van Diepen
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860033

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Survey for primary dapsone resistance in Cuba
A. B. Gonzalez, O. Hernandez, O. Suarez, Elba Gonzalez-Abreu and J. E. Rodriguez
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860034

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The killing of Mycobacterium leprae in mice by various dietary concentration of dapsone and rifampicin
R. H. Gelber
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860035

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Leprosy in Pakistan
Ruth Pfau and Ghazala Haq
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860036

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Disability grading in leprosy. Suggested modifications to the WHO disability grading form
J. W. Brandsma, N. de Jong and T. Tjepkema
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19860037

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OBITUARIES

Han Huikeshoven • A. McKelvie

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LEPROSY CONTROL AND FIELD WORK
Labels and diagrams to aid compliance • Technical guide for smear examination for leprosy by direct microscopy • Plastic containers for clofazimine • Plastic containers for a one-week supply of drugs • Action against Leprosy, Cross River State, Nigeria • Disabled village children -part of primary health • Diploma for teachers and planners of community-based rehabilitation • Questions and answers on the implementation of MDT for leprosy

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TEACHING MATERIAL AND SERVICES
One-week course in leprosy for medical students, Karigiri, South India • Health education in leprosy work; a manual for health workers • TALMILEP; planning items of teaching and learning material for leprosy • OXFAM-LEPRA, Oxford, UK. A mini-pack of teaching materials on leprosy

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NEWS AND NOTES
Leprosy control seminar for SADCC countries, Malawi, 1986 • Abstracts of recent publications on clofazimine and rifampicin • Training programmes in diagnostic electron microscopy, Japan • Developing countries: reduced rates for WHO publications • Foundation of the Hansen Institute, Wurzburg, Germany • Histopathology services for developing countries • Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy • XIII International Leprosy Congress, 1988

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LEPROSY REVIEW INDEX

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