Volume: 59 - Number: 3 - year 1988



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EDITORIAL

AIDS and leprosy
J. L. Turk and R. J. W. Rees
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880023

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

A comparative evaluation of serological assays for lepromatous leprosy
J. Mwatha, C. Moreno, U. Sengupta, S. Sinha and J. Ivanyi
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880024

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Comparison of colchicine and aspirin in the treatment of Type 2 lepra reaction
H. K. Kar and R. G. Roy
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880025

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Clofazimine and dapsone compliance in Ieprosy
G. A. Ellard, V. K. Pannikar, K. Jesudasan and M. Christian
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880026

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Impact of MDT on leprosy as measured by selective indicators
K. Jesudasan, P. Vijayakumaran, V. K. Pannikar and M. Christian
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880027

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Close-contact surveys and mass-screening studies for leprosy in Turkey
A. H. Aytekin and T. Saylan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880028

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Leprosy in Turkey
A. H. Aytekin and T. Saylan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880029

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Tuberculoid leprosy on hairy scalp: a case report
A. Ghorpade, C. Ramanan and P. R. Manglani
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880030

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Case detection; are the present survey methods effective? A review of leprosy surveys in Bombay
W. S. Bhatki
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880031

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Leprosy control in a Bombay slum - a general assessment
Elizabeth C. Goyder
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880032

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Involvement of students in a leprosy health education programme - an experiment
S. S. Naik, S. G. Samant and P. M. Godbole
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880033

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SPECIAL ARTICLE

The teaching of leprosy in the university
T. Furtado
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880034

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Leprosos purgale
Susan B. Liebeschuetz
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880035

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OBITUARY
Melville Christian

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A lesson from the decline of tuberculosis around the world
R. Prem Kumar

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Leprosy eradication in Paraguay
Anibal Fadalae and R. R. Ortiz

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Reply. Leprosy eradication in Paraguay
E. Freerksen

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A liquid crystal thermometer as an aid to the prevention of damage from excessive heat in anaesthetic extremities
E. L. Gregory

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Observations on granuloma multiforme in Uganda
R. A. C. Huskinson

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Relapse or reversal reaction: the case for a therapeutic trial of steroids
A. Ramachandran and P. S. Seshadri

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
Handbook of Leprosy by W H Jopling 3rd edition; ELBS • OXFAM-LEPRA packs of teaching-learning materials • Contact; story telling for health teaching • Effective teaching; Dundee, Scotland • Community Based Rehabilitation; a course in London • Education for Health • Rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases • Medical schools in Africa • Interactive video: medical student teaching, Bristol, UK • Criteria to determine the exact end of MDT in leprosy • Leprosy for medical practitioners and paramedical workers: Ciba-Geigy

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NEWS AND NOTES
Tropical Diseases and HIV infection; UNDP-World Bank -WHO, Kenya, 1987 • The Leprosy Mission (International) change of address • Acworth Leprosy Hospital, Bombay • The unquiet eye; a diagnostic guide • Orientation in leprosy for doctors; HKNS, India • Hansenologia; Dermatologia Tropical; in Portuguese • AIDS in the Americas • Social science research on leprosy, GMLF, India • China Leprosy Journal, March 1988 • Dapsone syndrome due to weekly 'maloprim' • Criteria to determine the exact end of MDT in leprosy • Leprosy; topics for research in endemic countries

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