Volume: 62 - Number: 4 - year 1991



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EDITORIAL

Environmental mycobacteria and human disease
J. M. Grange
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910041

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Comparison of polymerase chain reaction technique with other methods for detection of Mycobacterium leprae in tissues of wild nine-banded armadillos
C. K. Job, V. Drain, D. L. Williams, T. P. Gillis, R. W. Truman, R. M. Sanchez, A . T. Deming and R. C. Hastings
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910042

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Lipid-laden macrophages in bone marrow of leprosy patients
R. Sen, P. K. Sehgal, V. Dixit, Uma Singh, S. D. Chaudhary, R. Sikka and V. K. Jain
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910043

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Squamous cell carcinoma in chronic ulcers in leprosy: a review of 38 consecutive cases
J. H. Richardus and T. C. Smith
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910044

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Nasal myiasis in leprosy
S. Husain, G. N. Malaviya, A. Girdhar, Sreevatsa and B. K. Girdhar
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910045

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An educational approach to leprosy control: an evaluation of knowledge, attitudes and practice in two poor localities in Bombay, India
N. Crook, R. Ramasubban, A. Samy and B. Singh
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910046

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Psychosocial aspects of deformed leprosy patients undergoing surgical correction
U. Ramanathan, G. N. Malaviya, Nootan Jain and S. Husain
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910047

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The private GP and leprosy: a stud
M. M. W. Uplekar and R. A. Cash
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910048

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Pattern of leprosy in Queensland, Australia, 1855-1990
G. H. Ree
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910049

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SPECIAL ARTICLES

Type II (ENL) reaction in histoid leprosy in a child
V. N. Sehgal, A. K. Chaudary, D. M. Mahajan and B. S. Bedi

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Suggested new technique for skin biopsy under field conditions
R. M. Chaturvedi and S. Kartikeyan

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Comment: positive Mitsuda lepromin reaction in long-term treated lepromatous leprosy and tuberculoid relapse in lepromatous leprosy
J. Walter

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Reply: positive Mitsuda lepromin reaction in long-term treated lepromatous leprosy and tuberculoid relapse in lepromatous leprosy
Patricia Rose and M. F. R. Waters

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Comment: carvable silicone rubber prosthetic implant for atrophy of the first web in the hand,
R. Prem Kumar

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BOOK REVIEW

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
Library services for primary health care • TOOL: Reference Centre Services • Christoffel Blindenmission/Lepra Ophthalmic Course. Karigiri, India, 1991 • Health workers and blindness prevention in leprosy. Video • International Foundation of Dermatology • Surgery and anaesthesia at the district hospital. WHO • Prevention of blindness in leprosy •Health learning materials for developing countries, WHO

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NEWS AND NOTES
Towards elimination of leprosy, WHO • Forty-fourth World Health Assembly-elimination of leprosy by the year 2000, WHO • National Leprosy Eradication Programme, India, 1990 • TDR News, December 1 990 • Third World Guide 1991-92, OXFAM, England • Heiser Program for Research in Leprosy-First Decade • Health Action International (HAl) • The continuing spread of AIDS • The Arkleton Trust, UK • Compliance and medication monitoring, APREX • Tuberculosis in the Sudan • Neurological disorders in Ethiopia by Redda Tekle-Haimanot • Integrated Rehabilitation Clinic for leprosy patients, Bombay • Wall Journal, Bombay Leprosy Project • Wellcome Medal for Medical Anthropology, 1990 • Multiple drug therapy manual for Pakistan and Azad Kashmir • UK Training Institutions: Third World and Tropical Health

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INDEX

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