Volume: 69 - Number: 2 - year 1998



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Editor's Choice
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980008

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EDITORIAL

Why multidrug therapy for multibacillary leprosy can be shortened to 12 months
B. Ji
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980009

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Is it safe to shorten multidrug therapy for lepromatous (LL and BL) leprosy to 12 months?
M. F. R. Waters
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980010

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Leprosy transmission and mucosal immunity: towards eradication?
L. A. Cree and W. Cairns Smith
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980011

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Health Systems Research in leprosy control-what contributions can it make?
P. Lever, L. Bijlmakers, P. Zwanikken and P. Saunderson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980012

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Choosing the decolourizer and its strength to stain Mycobacterium leprae. Does it actually matter?
R. de Soldenhoff, M. Hatta and T. Weling Siro
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980013

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Sustaining leprosy services in the changing context of health sector reform
A. T. Green and K. Jochem
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980014

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Firie-needle aspiration cytology of lepromatous leprosy
N. Singh, A. Bhatia, V. K. Arora and S.N.Bhattachary
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980015

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SPECIAL ARTICLE

Progress in research towards a world without leprosy. Report of a WHO meeting in Ethiopia, February 1998
P. Roche, H. Dockrell and P. Brennan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980016

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Future role of leprosy training and/or research institutions. ALERT, February 25-26, 1998
Paul Saunderson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980017

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Leprosy in Pakistan: Lepra Elective Study
S. Ladhani
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980018

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FURTHER EDUCATION

The promise of surgery, its scope and limitations in leprosy
Dinker D. Palande
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980019

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CASE REPORTS

Reversal reaction, nerve damage and steroid therapy in three multibacillary HIV positive patients
S. Arunthathi, Lavanya Ebenezer and C. Kumuda
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980020

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Seizures following chloroquine treatment of type II lepra reaction: a case report
B. E. Ebenso
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980021

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Footwear for farmers affected by leprosy
G. Seboka, P. Saunderson and H. Currie

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Involvement of non-allopathy medical colleges in case detection
S. S. Naik and R. Ganapati

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Comment: Sensory testing of the hands in leprosy
P. A. M. Schreuder

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Reply: Sensory testing of the hands in leprosy
P. Saunderson and S. Gabre

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BOOK REVIEWS

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
Lepra video • LepraffLM Ophthalmic Course • International Course on Rehabilitation and Prevention of Impainnent & Disability in Leprosy • Topics in International Health • Continuing Medical Education in Uganda • Information packs on leprosy produced by WHO • Libraries at WHO Headquarters and Regional Offices • AFROPAC: WHO Regional Office for Africa • 'A Library Without Walls' • Current Awareness in Biomedicine • Bengali Edition of 'Leprosy; Basic Infonnation and Management' • Schiefflin Leprosy Research and Training Centre 1 998 Courses

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NEWS AND NOTES
20th Biennial Conference of Indian Association of Leprologists • New tools for leprosy control • Vaccine discovery research • Bulletin de I ' Association des Leprologues de Langue Française • HIV and TB in children • UNAIDS: HIV epidemic is far worse than thought • Scientists discover how HIV enters cells • WHO: protective role in advancing policy of health for all • Eliminating world poverty • The Nippon Foundation • Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee • The Jaipur Limb Campaign • ILEP: International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations • AHRTAG • Development of self-destructing, single-use syringe • Diana' s fund fails to satisfy all • Forum for Health Infonnation Providers

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