Volume: 57s3 - Number: - year 1986



Summary   





INAUGURATION

INAUGURATION - Opening addresses
Horst Franak

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INAUGURATION - Opening addresses - part II
Hans-Achim Muller

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INAUGURATION - Opening addresses - part III
Klaus Zeitler

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Tribute to Professor Dr Enno Freerksen and Dr Harold Wheate
Hubert Count Ballestrem

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Reply from Professor Dr Enno Freerksen

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Keynote address
Klaus Fleischer

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ABSTRACTS

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SESSION I. CLINICAL ASPECTS. CHAIRMAN: D. L. LEIKER

The Malta experience. Isoprodian-rifampicin com bination treatment for leprosy
G. De Pasquale

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On the epidemiology of leprosy in Malta
D. L. Leiker

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First assessment of the Malta Leprosy Eradication Project
D. L. Leiker

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A report on two follow-up investigations of the Malta-Project
W. H. Jopling

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Report of the Joint Leprosy - Tuberculosis Project in Paraguay
A. E. Alvarenga

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Comparison of DDS with two combined chemotherapy regimens for multibacillary leprosy. Results after 3 years of treatment. A prospective randomized multicentre study
M. Dietrich and R. Wabitsch

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The impact of MDT implementation in the Tanzania National TB-Leprosy Programme
H. J. Chum

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Effect of clofazimine and dapsone on rifampicin (Lositril) pharmacokinetics in multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy cases
J. Mehta, I. S. Gandhi, S. B. Sane and M. N. Wamburkar

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Experience with multidrug therapy in Sierra Leone: clinical, operational and managerial analysis
M. Rangaraj and J. Rangaraj

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Clinical problems in the initiation and assessment of multidrug therapy
M. F. R. Waters, D. S. Ridley and Marian J. Ridley

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Preliminary evaluation of the effect of WHO-MDT on disabilities in leprosy patients in Malawi (Central Africa)
G. Boerrigter and J. M. Ponnighaus

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The use of MDT in the three Western Regions of Nepal
P. G. Kalthoff

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Operational aspects of the implementation of multidrug therapy at ALERT, Ethiopia
Marijke Becx-Bleumink

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Combined chemotherapy of multibacillary leprosy of 6 months' duration
N. Onsun, T. Saylan and S. R. Pattyn

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The future of leprosy in the Dominican Republic: experience with multidrug therapy
Denis Martinez Cruz

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SESSION II. TEST MODELS FOR THE EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF CHEMOTHERAPY FREE COMMUNICATION. CHAIRMAN: A. M. DHOPLE

The use of rodent models in assessing antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium leprae
R. H. Gelber

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Limited in vitro multiplication of Mycobacterium leprae: application to screening potential antileprosy compounds
A. M. Dhople and Kara J. Green

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Single bacterial cell mass analysis: a rapid test method in leprosy therapy control
U. Seydel and B. Linder

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Metabolism in Mycobacterium leprae: possible targets for drug action
P. R. Wheeler

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Host-pathogen interaction- new in vitro drug test systems against Mycohacterium lepraepossibilities and limitations
P. R. Mahadevan, R. Jagannathan, A. Bhagaria, S. Vejare and S. Agrawal

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Isolation of environment-derived Mycobacterium leprae from soil in Bombay
J. Kazda, R. Ganapati, C. Revankar, T. M. Buchanan, D. B. Young and L. M. Irgens

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Investigations into the cultivation of Mycobacterium leprae. A multifactorial approach
L. Kato

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SESSION III. DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE ASPECTS.. CHAIRMAN: ENNO FREERKSEN

Recent developments in the field of multidrug therapy and future research in chemotherapy of leprosy
J. H. Grosset

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Strategies in the development of new drugs and drug combinations against leprosy, demonstrated on the example of folate and gyrase inhibitors
J. K. Seydel, M. Rosenfeld, M. Sathish, M. Weise, K. J, Schaper, G. Hachtel, R. Haller, M. Kansy and A. Dhople

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Development of inhibitors of mycobacterial ribonucleotide Reductase
K. J. Schaper, J. K. Seydel, M. Rosenfeld and J. Kazda

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Efficacy of different regimens in multibacillary leprosy
S. R. Pattyn

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Preliminary results of treatment of leprosy patients in The Netherlands with daily rifampicin, dapsone and clofazimine
D. L. Leiker

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Final bulletin
D. L. Leiker, A. M. Dhople and Enno Freerksen

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ADDENDUM

Multidrug therapy cost: a hypothetical analysis
C. R, Revankar

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Discussions

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List of participants

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