Volume: 61 - Number: 2 - year 1990



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EDITORIAL

Redefining health education in leprosy: a personal view
L. G. Van Parijs
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900010

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

The pathology of the eye in armadillos experimentally infected with Mycobacterium leprae
F. Brandt, H. M. Zhou, Z. R. Shi, J. Kadzda, A. M. Dhople, A. Kolk and D. S. Schmidt
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900011

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Experiences with Mycobacterium leprae soluble antigens in a leprosy endemic population
M. D. Gupte, D. S. Anantharaman, B. Nagaraju, S. Kannan and R. S. Vallisha Yee
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900012

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Serodiagnosis of leprosy in patients' contacts by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Elba Gonzalez-Abreu, Nancy Mora, Milagros Perez, Maria Pereira, Julia Perez and A. B. Gonzalez
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900013

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Evaluation of five treatment regimens, using either dapsone monotherapy or several doses of rifampicin in the treatment of paucibacillary leprosy
S. R. Pattyn, J. A. Husser, G. Baquillon, M. Maiga and P. Jamet
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900014

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A study of relapse in paucibacillary leprosy in a multidrug therapy project, Baroda District, India
N. K. Chopra, J. S. Agarawal and P. G. Pandya
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900015

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The influence of structural modifications of dihydrophenazines on arachidonic acid mobilization and superoxide generation by human neutrophils
B. M. Zeis, J. Savage, J. F. O'Sullivan and R. Anderson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900016

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Leprosy deformities: experience in Molai Leprosy Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria
B. B. Iyere
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900017

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Multiple cutaneous nerve abscesses on a healed tuberculoid patch
U. Saxena, S. Ravi, V. Ramesh, R. S. Misra and Ashok Mukherjee
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900018

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SPECIAL ARTICLES

Leprosy control in Zimbabwe: from a vertical to a horizontal programme
D. K. Warndorff and J. A. Warndorff
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900019

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Severity of leprosy eye lesions in armadillos infected with Mycobaterium leprae
F. Brandt, H. M. Zhou, Z. R. Shi, J. Kadzda, A. M. Dhople, A. Kolk and D. S. Schmidt

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Suggested new methods of testing thermal sensation during field work
S. Kartikeyan, R. M. Chaturvedi and S. V. Narkar

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Comment: Ocular changes in reactions in leprosy
M. A. Rajan

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Comment: Do we need trials of agents alleged to improve healing of plantar ulcers?
R. E. Pfaltzgraff

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Reply: Leprosy in children
V. N. Sehgal

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Reply: Honey and propolis as possible promoters of the healing of ulcers in leprosy
J. M. Grange

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BOOK REVIEW

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
AIDS and tropical diseases • Reagents available for leprosy research • Tropical Health and Education Trust • Technical Guide for Smear Examination, Portuguese edition • Implementing Multiple Drug Therapy, Bengali edition • C entre for Medical Education, Dundee, Scotland- Newsletter • Directory of International Grant s and Fellowships • Health Technology Directions: issue on leprosy • TALC, England; book s for community health workers • Leprosy in childhood; TALC, London • Reconstructive surgery: leprosy (hand). Indi a-best, film award • 99 ideas for volunteers in leprosy awareness work, GMLF • Management courses for people working in voluntary organizations • The unquiet eye; a diagnostic guide • The Leprosy Mission (Southern Africa)- hi story • Voluntary Service Overseas • Erwin Stindl Oration 1989 , India

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NEWS AND NOTES
Research needs, new tools and methodologies reviewed , WHO Working Group • Leprosy in Ceausescu's Romania • World Congress on AIDS , Bombay , December 1990 • Damien Centenary Workshop Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, August, 1989 • Maharashtra Lokahita Seva Mandal - Anti-leprosy Week, Celebration, 1989 • Leprosy in India - a statistical compendium, GMLF • Handbook of Leprosy; 600 copies for India • The prevention of blindness in Africa • The Alexander von Humboldt Institute of Tropical Medicine, Lima, Peru • Blister calendar packs for MDT: price reduction by Ciba-Geigy • VII Congrès International des Leprologues de Langue Francaise, Bamako, Mali, February 1991

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