Volume: 63 - Number: 2 - year 1992



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EDITORIAL

The serodiagnosis of leprosy
P. G. Smith
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920012

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Competency of human-derived Mycobacterium leprae to use palmitic acid in the synthesis of phenolic glycolipid-I and phthiocerol dimycocerosate and to release C02 in axenic culture
E. J. Shannon, E. B. Harris, H. S. Haile-Mariam, M. Guebre-xavier and D. Frommel
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920013

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Activity of sparftoxacin against Mycobacterium leprae inoculated into footpads of nude mice
M. Gidoh and S. Tsutsumi
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920014

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Evaluation of Mycobacterium leprae particle agglutination test, using eluates of filter paper blood spots
B. Sekar and D. Anandan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920015

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Double-blind evaluation of BACTEC and Buddemeyer-type radiorespirometric assays for in vitro screening of antileprosy agents
S. G. Franzblau, A. N. Biswas, P. Jenner and M. J. Colston
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920016

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Clinical observations on leprosy patients with HIV I-infection in Zambia
Anna E. M. Vreeburg
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920017

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Diagnostic exploration of enlarged peripheral nerves in suspected cases of leprosy. An analysis of 55 cases
Dong Liwen, Li Futian, Gu Zhangjing, Zhang Jialin, Chen Jiakun, Gu Daxin, Wang Zaiming and Peng Jinhu
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920018

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An application of the LePSA methodology for health education in leprosy
J. L. Lennon and D. W. Coombs
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920019

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Attitudes towards leprosy in the outpatient population of dermatology clinics in Trinidad
M. Suite and C. Gittens
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920020

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Attitudes of rural people in central Ethiopia towards leprosy and a brief comparison with observations on epilepsy
R. Tekle-Haimanot, l. Forsgren, A. Gebre-Mariam, M. Abebe, G. Holmgren, J. Heijbel and J. Ekstedt
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920021

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Appraisal of the knowledge and attitude of Nigerian nurses toward leprosy
N. Awofeso
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920022

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SPECIAL ARTICLE

Relationship problems between doctors and paramedical professionals working in leprosy with reference to a possible solution
R. Premkumar and S. Dave
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920023

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A suggested new method to measure patch area in paucibacillary leprosy
R. M. Chaturvedi and S. Kartikeyan

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Comment: Reversal reactions in leprosy and their management
Fiona McCusker and P. A. M. Schreuder

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Reply
Patricia Rose and M. F. R. Waters

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Treatment of smear negative MB patients who had received previous dapsone monotherapy
K. Jesudasan

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'3 Ps' in school surveys - ‘priming’, privacy and a personalized approach
S. Kartikeyan and R. M. Chaturvedi

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TEACHING MATERIALS A ND SERVICES
30 techniques for the care of leprosy patients; TLMI, London • The Heiser Program now includes tuberculosis • The Awards • Bitter facts about drugs: PACE, Pakistan • Eye-care programmes in developing countries • International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Newsletter • American Association for the Advancement of Science • Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) • Intermediate Technology, UK, Newsletter

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NEWS AND NOTES
Can leprosy be eradicated from India? • TDR and IDRC prize for a paper on 'Women and tropical diseases' • Medical students survey eye damage in Calcutta • Second Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific • International Colloquium on Integration of traditional and modern methods in the control of leprosy and in the study of mycobacterial taxonomy, Antwerp, Belgium, 16-19 December 1992

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