Volume: 68 - Number: 2 - year 1997



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Editor's Choice
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970014

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EDITORIAL

The risk of relapse after multidrug therapy in leprosy
K. V. Desikan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970015

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Detection of S-100 protein and anticeramide antibodies in leprosy patients by ELISA
R. Narayan, P. K. Maheshwari, K. V. Desikan and B. C. Harinath
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970016

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Lymphostimulatory and delayed-type hypersensitivity responses to a candidate leprosy vaccine strain: Mycobacterium habana
N. B. Singh, H. P. Gupta, Anil Srivastava, Hema Kandpal and U. M. L. Srivastava
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970017

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Higher incidence of viable Mycobacterium leprae within the nerve as compared to skin among multibacillary leprosy patients released from multidrug therapy
V. P. Shetty, K. Suchitra, M. W. Uplekar and N. H. Antia
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970018

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Tuberculosis control is good for established leprosy programmes
Rosemary A. Croft and Richard P. Croft
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970019

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Surgery for neuritis in leprosy: indications for and results of different types of procedures
Raymond Bernardin and Berman Thomas
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970020

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An investigation of attitudes, beliefs and behaviour of leprosy patients, family members and PHC workers towards multidrug therapy in Yangzhou and Dongtai Districts of China
Chen Xiang-Sheng, Ye Gan-Yun, Jiang Cheng, Li Wen-Zhong, Bian Jinguo, Wang Houzheng and Chen Wenhua
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970021

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CASE REPORTS

Relapse in a borderline - tuberculoid case of leprosy 5 years after the release from rifampicin monotherapy
V. P. Shetty and N. H. Antia
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970022

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Transepidermal elimination of lepromatous granuloma: a mechanism for mass transport of viable bacilli
M. Namisato, M. Kakuta, K. Kawatsu, A. Obara, S. Izumi and H. Ogawa
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970023

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Ulnar abscess: 4 months after release from control with paucibacillary - multidrug therapy
Erin Justus Darius, Abraham Selvasekar, Mozhi N. Mani and K. Jesudasan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970024

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OBITUARIES

R. V.Wardekar

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Michael G. Corcos

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Need for intensive leprosy case finding for the elimination of leprosy
C. R. Revankar, P. S. Bhusari, M. S. Antony Samy, K . L. Gandewarr and R. Ganapati

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An assessment of performance of ' contract leprosy workers' in a national leprosy eradication programme
C. R. Revankar, D. N. Pathak and V. V. Paland R. Ganapati

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Individual goals and training in leprosy: the need for revision of current strategies
Niyi Awofeso

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
International course on rehabilitation and prevention of impairment and disability in leprosy, Pokhara, Nepal, November 1997 • Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group (AHRTAG) • Teaching Aids at Low Cost, UK (TALC) • Recent advances in leprosy. K. K. Koticha • Centre for International Child Health; Teaching Programe 1997-8

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NEWS AND NOTES
Health care for women in India • Developing a vaccine for tuberculosis • Hansenologia Internationalis; leprosy journal in Portuguese from Brasil • Clinical tuberculosis, Crofton, Horne and Miller, TALC (UK) • Minding your health abroad (MASTA) • Global turberculosis programme and global programme on vaccines: statement of BCG revaccination for the prevention of tuberculosis • Report of 5th Independent evaluation of the National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP), India, June 1 995 • Antileprosy Week, Health Education Activities, Bombay Leprosy Project • XV International Leprosy Congess, Beijing; China, September 1998 • Leprosy Review, poster: Prevention of disability

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