Volume: 70 - Number: 1 - year 1999
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers wanted for special issue of Leprosy Review
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990001
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Editor's Choice
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990002
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REVIEW ARTICLE
Theories of disability in health practice and research
Michael Oliver
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990003
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Commentary
Jeanette Hyland
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990004
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Clinical and electrophysiological evaluation of nerve function impairment following cessation of multidrug therapy in leprosy
G. Samant, V. P. Shetty, M. W. Uplekar and N. H. Antia
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990005
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Childhood leprosy in an endemic area
Abraham Selvasekar, Joseph Geetha, Kurian Nisha, N. Manimozhi, K. Jesudasan and P. S. S. Rao
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990006
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Is knowledge of leprosy adequate among teachers? A comparative study
Jolly Rajaratnam, R. Abel and Mathew Arumai
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990007
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Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding leprosy and tuberculosis in Bangladesh
Richard P. Croft and Rosemary A. Croft
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990008
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Viability and drug sensitivity of M. Leprae isolated from long-term WHO/MDT treated multibacillary leprosy patients
Haileselassie Habtemariam
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990009
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An assessment of the value of midfinger smears in multibacillary leprosy patients
Lalitha Hari, D. Suryanarayanan, Aleyamma Thomas and Paulin Joseph
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990010
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Increased levels of nitric oxide metabolites in urine from leprosy patients in reversal reaction
Thomas Schön, Negussie Gebre, Tommy Sundqvist, H. S. Habetmariam, Taye Engeda and Sven Britton
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990011
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SPECIAL ARTICLE
Results of a 1 year Special Action Project for the Elimination of Leprosy (SAPEL) in poorly accessible areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Bassey Effiong Ebenso
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990012
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FUTHER EDUCATION
Management of plantar ulcers in leprosy
Roland O. Kazen
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19990012
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MuItidrug therapy
P. Lynch
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Proposal regarding MB MDT
Win H. Van brakel
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Leprosy before and after the year 2000: pre-and post-elimination controversies need clarification
C. R. Revankar
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Intraocular lens implantation for cataract following leprosy
K. Waddel
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Leprosy terminology in Nepal
J. Hyland
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Disease and disease control
W. C. S. Smith
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Social aspects and rehabilitation
C. S. Walter
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Causatjye organism and host response
James L. Krahenbuhl
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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
Evaluating rural resource centres: guidelines from UNESCO • Certificate in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance at LSHTM • Essential Surgery in Leprosy. Techniques for District Hospitals • A Guide to Funding from Government Departments and Agencies • Clinical Tuberculosis • The Wellcome Trust Training Fellowships for Research into Infectious Diseases for Scientists from Tropical and Developing Countries • University of London External Programme • The Fifth Asian Dermatological Congress, Beijing, China: 1 4- 1 7 October 1 998
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NEWS AND NOTES
Romania: 'Ceauscescu ' s old clothes go to the last leper colony' • Change at last at WHO • Asia is 'epicentre of world's tuberculosis emergency' • Top-level meeting at White House on tuberculosis • Tropical medicine resource: the Wellcome Trust, London, UK • Human genome project to complete ahead of schedule • WHO Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative • New HIV strain may be resistant to drugs • Carriage rates and feto maternal transmission in infections due to hepatitis B and C • Information famine hits Kenya' s healthcare • WHO: Essential Drug Monitor • INASP-Health, Oxford, UK • Leprosy patients sue Japanese government • FDA in USA approves new anti-tuberculosis drug • Bees for development • Badgers in the vate doctors in India prescribe wrong tuberculosis UK 'guilty by suspicion' of spreading bovine TB to cows • Private doctors in India prescribe wrong tuberculosis drugs . Tripartite alliance against tropical disease: Wellcome Trust, London, UK • WHO: Drugs Used in Skin Diseases. Model Prescribing Information 1 997 • Dr Minoo Mehta International Prize 1 998 • Comparative leprosy vaccine trial in South India
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