Volume: 69 - Number: 3 - year 1998



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Editor's Choice
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980022

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EDITORIAL

Mycobacterium w immunotherapy in leprosy
Christopher Whitty
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980023

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REVIEW ARTICLE

The management of leprosy reversal reactions
Warwick J. Britton
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980024

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Experimental leprosy in rhesus monkeys: transmission, susceptibility, clinical and immunological findings
Bobby J. Gormus, Keyu Xu, Gary B. Baskin, Louis N. Martin, Rudolf P. Bohm Jr, James L. Blanchard, Pamela A. Mack, Marion S. Ratterree, Wayne M. Meyers and Gerald P. Walsh
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980025

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In vitro studies on extracellular matrix production by M. leprae infected murine neurofibroblasts
Neeta Singh, Tannaz J. Birdi, Sushila Chandrashekar and Noshir H. Antia
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980026

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Intertester reliability of manual muscle strength testing in leprosy patients
J. Wim Brandsma, Wim H. Van Brakel, Alison M. Anderson, Alex J. Kortendijk, Khadga S. Gurung and Shaha K. Sunwar
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980027

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Leprosy and disability control in the Guerra Prefecture of Chad, Africa: do women have access to leprosy control services?
Johannes Schöfer
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980028

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Use of a whole blood assay to monitor the immune response to mycobacterial antigens in leprosy patients: a predictor for type 1 reaction onset?
R. E. Weir, C. R. Butlin, K. D. Neupane, S. S. Failbus and H. M. Dockrell
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980029

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SPECIAL ARTICLE

Journals on the Net: some sites reviewed
Susan Boobis
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980030

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FURTHER EDUCATION

Indications for surgery in leprosy
Marcos Virmond
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980031

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Editorials, September 1997 by
W. C . S. Smith, P. Fine and D . K. Warndorff. C . R. Revankar

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BOOK REVIEWS

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
LEPRA/TLM Ophthalmic Course, Karigiri, India 1 998 • Research synthesis: its importance in developing countries • WHO International Exchange of Health Literature • TALC: 'Clinical Tuberculosis ' by Crofton, Home & Miller, now available in 1 8 different languages • Topics in International Health: 'CD-ROMs tackle global diseases ' : The Welcome Trust, UK, 24 April 1 998 • TALC, UK: Leprosy in childhood: colour transparency teaching set with text • ALERT Training Calendar 1 999

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NEWS AND NOTES
ActionAid Disability News: the Newsletter of the Disability Division of ActionAid in India • Researchers create designer antibody • WHO Committee identifies constraints that stall progress against TB • India approves leprosy • Global research funding for AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis • Scotland as a focus of world electronics industry • INASP: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications • Partners: Magazine for Paramedical Workers: The Leprosy Mission International • 'Dominant gene probably caused some of the defects ascribed to thalidomide' • Zambia visibly crippled by debt burden • The St Francis Leprosy Guild, United Kingdom • Journals, electronic publishing and the internet • Blister pack for 'ROM' treatment of single-lesion, paucibacillary leprosy • Regimen for single-lesion paucibacillary leprosy • Seventh Report of the WHO Expert Committee on Leprosy, WHO Technical Report Series 874 • Forum for health information providers: steering group meeting, British Medical Association, London, UK, 30th March 1998 • Darnien Foundation India Trust: Annual Report 1 997 • Erratum • Recent publications

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