Volume: 71 - Number: 1 - year 2000



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Editor's Choice
DIANA N. J. LOCKWOOD
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000001

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EDITORIAL

Are we any closer to being able to measure leprosy exposure?
J. W. Lemaster and P. Roche
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000002

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REVIEW

A woman with leprosy is in double jeopardy
Matthew John Hunter Shale
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000003

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PAPERS

Incidence rates of acute nerve function impairment in leprosy: a prospective cohort analysis after 24 months (The Bangladesh Acute Nerve Damage Study)
Richard P. Croft, Peter G. Nicholls, Jan H. Richarus, W. Cairns and S. Smith
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000004

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Which physical signs help most in the diagnosis of leprosy? A proposal based on experience in the AMFES project, ALERT, Ethiopia
Paul Saunderson and Guido Groenen
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000005

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A 6 week quadruple drug regimen for the treatment of muItibacillary leprosy
S. Pattyn and S. Grillone
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000006

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Computerization of leprosy records: national leprosy recording and reporting system in China
Xiang-Sheng Chen, Wen-Zhong Li, Cheng Jiang, Zhong-Liang Zhu and Ganyun Ye
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000007

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A survey on knowledge and skills in the early diagnosis of leprosy in general health services at different levels in Shandong province, The People 's Republic of China
Chen Shumin, Han Cunlian, Li Bing, Zheng Rongtao and Zhang Lin
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000008

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A new face for an old disease: some reflections on the role of the media in Nepal's first National Leprosy Elimination Campaign
Patrick Lynch
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000009

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Recent trends in leprosy in a large district of West Bengal, India, revealed by a modified leprosy elimination campaign (MLEC), 1998
M. G. Mandal, Dipak Pal, V. Majumdar, P. C. Biswas, S. Biswas and Bibhuti saha
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000010

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Leprosy elimination campaign, Amazonas-Brazil 1997
E. dos S. Pereira, M. da G. S. Cunha, M. de F. Roja, T. de M. Tavares, l. S. Ibanez, M. del Pilar,
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000011

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CASE REPORTS

Genital nodules and testicular hydrocele in a case of relapsed lepromatous leprosy
Bassey E. Ebenso
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000012

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LETTERS

Radio as a means to enhance early case finding in leprosy
S. Withington and M. Samsujjoha

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Sensory testing using neurothesiometry. J.
Cassella and R. L. Ashford

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Grading impairment in leprosy
H. Buddingh and G. Idle

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Reply
W. Van Brakel

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Gjalt Boerrjgte

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TEACHING MATERIALS
Training courses in leprosy and tuberculosis • Continuing medical education: the approach in Uganda • New slide/text teaching set 'Leprosy and the eye' • Health Information Forum, UK • Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre course schedule • Management of Rehabilitation and Prevention of Impairment and Disability (RPOID) Management module

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News and Notes1
Third International Conference on the Elimination of Leprosy • 2 1 st Biennial Conference of Indian Association of Leprologists • 'The Past and Present of Leprosy' New global 'Health for All' targets . 'TB ALERT ' : a response to the growing TB epidemic . 'Cytotoxic T-Iymphocytes against malaria and tuberculosis: from natural immunity to vaccine design' • 'Tuberculosis. An inter-disciplinary perspective' • Does tuberculosis accelerate the progression of HIV disease? • Leishmania and HIV co-infection . Report calls for elimination of tuberculosis in the USA by year 2000 • Van Gysel Foundation for biomedical research . WHO: diagnostic discovery operations with emphasis on TB • What is a quantum? • CD-ROMS: Topics in International Health . WHO: vaccine research . Eliminating debt will not save the poor . 'Professional Fundraising' : a journal for charities and the non-profit sector, London, UK • Improving malaria information support for health professionals in Southern Africa . Global Alliance for Leprosy Elimination . 'District laboratory practice in tropical countries ' : Tropical Health Technology, UK . What is 'meta-analysis' ? • Disability in cross-cultural perspective: rethinking disability . Bombay Leprosy Project observes World Disabled Week

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