Volume: 59 - Number: 4 - year 1988





EDITORIAL

XIII International Leprosy Congress, The Hague, Netherlands 11-17 September 1988
A C McDougall and M J Colston
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880036

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PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880037

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Mucosal immunity to mycobacteria in leprosy patients and their contacts
I. A. Cree, Susan Sharpe, N. D. C. Sturrock, I. H. Cochrane, W. C. Smith and J. Swanson Beck
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880038

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Serum antibody responses to mycobacteria in leprosy patients and their contacts
I. A. Cree, W. C. Smith and J. Swanson Beck
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880039

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Use of soluble antigens in leprosy epidemiology
M. D. Gupte and D. S. Anantharaman
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880040

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A concentration method for detection and quantitation of bacillaemia in leprosy and its comparison with other techniques
C. N. Nagesha, Srikara Mallya, C. N. Parvathi and J. N. Shetty
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880041

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Histopathologic observations on the persistence of Mycobacterium leprae in the skin of multibacillary leprosy patients under chemotherapy
K. R. Wabitsch and W. M. Meyers
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880042

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Protective sensation in the foot in leprosy
C. J. Hammond and P. Klenerman
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19880043

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The actual leprosy situation Within Katsina State, Nigeria
K. Waaldijk

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Carcinoma in plantar ulcers of leprosy patients: a report of 4 cases from Turkey
T. Ozkan, A. Yuksel, T. Saylan, N. Erding, M. Sutlas and C. Mat

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Leprosy in Bangladesh
Susan M Rance

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Sut-skin smears from the fingers in leprosy
R. T. Macrery

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
Skin biopsy; 'ABC of Dermatology'; British Medical Journal • Guidelines for the development of a national A IDS prevention and control programme • Promotion of research on leprosy reactions and nerve damage • Leprosy for medical practitioners and paramedical workers; R H Thangaraj and S J Yawalkar • OXFAM-LEPRA pack of teaching-learning materials on leprosy • Medical Education Newsletter, Dundee, UK • Technical guide for sputum examination in tuberculosis • Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC), UK • OXFAM; Questions and Answers on MD T for Leprosy • Health workers for the Third World, BOMS, London • Heiser Program for Research in Leprosy

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NEWS AND NOTES
Application for research grants, LEPRA, UK • TDR: a new type of grant for scientists • Medical electives bursaries: Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK • Wellesley Bailey Scholarship • Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy • Brazilian Annals of Dermatology • AMREF: East Africa • People's Republic of China: role of doctors in medical colleges and general hospitals in the continuing fight against leprosy • TDR: support for telefax equipment • Erwin Stindl Memorial Orations, India: 1984-88 • Action in International Medicine (AIM), UK • The Leprosy Mission International, London: change of address • Essays on Leprosy by Oxford Medical Students • Leprosy and women: seminar in India, February 1988 • Leprosy control in Spain

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