Volume: 69 - Number: 1 - year 1998



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Editor's Choice
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980001

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EDITORIAL

Is there a microbiological rationale for single-dose treament of leprosy?
V. M. Katoch
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980002

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Protective Immunization of monkeys with BCG or BCG plus heat-killed Mycobacterium leprae: clinical results
Bobby J. Gormus, Gary B. Baskin, Keyu Xu, Rudolf P. Bohm, Pamela A. Mack, Marion S. Ratterree, Sang-Nae Cho, Wayne M . Meyers and Gerald p. Walsh
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980003

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Impaired responses to Mycobacterium Leprae antigens in rhesus monkeys experimentally inoculated with simian immunodeficiency virus and M. leprae
Bobby J. Gormus, Michael Murphey-Corb, Louis N. Martin, Gary B. Baskin, Pamela A. Mack, Keyu Xu, Marion S. Ratteree, Peter J. Gerone, David M. Scollard and Thomas P. Gillis
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980004

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Leprosy and renal transplantation
Anand Date, George T. John, P. P. Thomas and C. K. Jacob
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980005

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The National Leprosy Control Programme of Zimbabwe a data analysis, 1983-1992
Barry Wittenhorst, Monika L. Vree, Peter B. G. Tenham and Johan P. Velema
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980006

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Evaluation of a sustained 7-year health education campaign on leprosy in Rufiji District, Tanzania
Jacques Van Den Broek, Jenny O'donoghue, Angelina Ishengoma, Honorata Masao and Makamba Mbega
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980007

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OBITUARY
H. Jopling, 1911-1997

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Editorials, September 1997
W.C.S P. Fine and D. K. Warndorff

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Single-dose rifampicin, oflaxicin and minocycline (ROM) therapy for single leprosy lesions
G. Ramu

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Uveitis in leprosy patients who got inactive condition in the pre WHO-MDT era
N. Namisato

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Comment: ulnar abscess - 4 months after release from control with paucibacillary-multidrug therapy
A. Salafia and G. Chuhan

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
Orthopaedic and reconstructive surgery in leprosy - new video • Diploma in community-based rehabilitation management; new course, India • Managing health programmes in developing countries, Harvard, USA • Training for the handicapped in photography, VRC, India • Sustaining leprosy-related activities - guidelines for responding to change, ILEP • Diagnosis and treatment of skin infections, 1 997 • Essentials of leprosy, 6th edition, L. J. Yoder and J. M. H. Pearson • A distance-learning resource for tropical medicine • ECHO: selecting medical supplies for basic health care • Pharmacy library pack. TALC, UK • Leprosy in childhood, 1 997, slide set • INASP-Health • Leprosy fund: 1 4th Board Meeting of the Novartis (formerly Ciba-Geigy), June 1997 • Revista de Leprologica, FontiUes, Spain

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NEWS AND NOTES
Leprosy beyond the year 2000 • Gender issues in the elimination of leprosy in India • Gender differentials in tuberculosis: the role of socioeconomic and cultural factors. P. Hudelson • Illustrated history of tropical diseases • Changing the course of infection: the LACK antigen in leishmaniasis • Action in International Medicine, London • Why India will not be able to eradicate Hansen' s Disease (leprosy) by 2000 AD, Kunal Saha • Third Independent Evaluation of the leprosy elimination programme, November 1 997, Myanma • WHO Action Programme on Essential Drugs: worldwide web service on the internet • DOTS treatment for tuberculosis hailed as milestone advance • Malabsorption of rifampicin and other antituberculosis drugs • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), USA Gillis W. Long Hansen' s Disease Center, USA stays open • TALMlLEP - new videos required for catalogue • Errata • Leprosy Review poster: Eye examination

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