Volume: 71 - Number: 3 - year 2000
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000025
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EDITORIAL
Remaining challenges towards elimination of leprosy
Maria P. Neira and D. Daumerie
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000026
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The global alliance for the elimination of leprosy (GAEL)
Terry Vasey
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000027
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Leprosy research in the new millennium in the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
Paul Nunn
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000028
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REVIEW
Monitoring motor nerve function in leprosy patients
J. Wim Brandsma
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000029
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SCIENCE COMMENTARY
Are cytokines our key to immunity against mycobacterial diseases?
Rosemary Weir
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000030
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COMMENTARY
A prospective corort study comes of age
Richard P. Croft
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000031
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PAPERS
The ALERT MDT Field Evaluation Study (AMFES): a descriptive study of leprosy in Ethiopia. Patients, methods and baseline characteristics
Paul Saunderson, Shibru Gebre, Ketsela Desta and Peter Byass
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000032
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The pattern of leprosy-related neuropathy in the AMFES patients in ethiopia: definitions, incidence, risk factors and outcome
Paul Saunderson, Shibru Gebre, Ketsela Desta, Peter Byass and Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000033
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Reversal reactions in the skin lesions of AMFES patients: incidence and risk factors
Paul Saunderson, Shibru Gebre and Peter Byass
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000034
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ENL reactions in the multibacillary cases of the AMFES cohort in central Ethiopia: incidence and risk factors
Paul Saunderson, Shibru Gebre and Peter Byass
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000035
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Relapses after fixed duration multiple drug therapy: the AMFES cohort
Shibru Gebre, Paul Saunderson and Peter Byass
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000036
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The pattern of decline in bacillary index after 2 years of WHO recommended multiple drug therapy: the AMFES cohort
Assefa Amenu, Paul Saunderson, Ketsela Desta and Peter Byass
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000037
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The effect of HIV status on the clinical picture of leprosy: a prospective study in Ethiopia
Shibru Gebre, Paul Saunderson, Tseha Ynesh Messele and Peter Byass
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000038
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The hand-foot impairment score as a tool for evaluating prevention of disability activities in leprosy: an exploration in patients treated with corticosteroids
S. M. Broekhuis, A. Meima, l. F. Koelewijn, J. H. Richardus, C. Benbow and P. R. Saunderson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000039
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High dose prednisolone treatment of leprosy patients undergoing reactions is associated with a rapid decrease in urinary nitric oxide metabolites and clinical improvement
Thomas Schön, Ruth Leekassa, Negussie Gebre, Tommy Sundqvist, Elisabeth Bizuneh and Sven Britton
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000040
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Predisposing factors for recurrent skin ulcers in leprosy
Heinke Kunst
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000041
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Towards an understanding of non-compliance. An assessment of risk factors for defaulting from leprosy treatment
M. L. Heynders, J. J. Meijs and A. M. Anderson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000042
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Modified leprosy elimination campaign (MLEC) for case detection in a remote tribal area in the State of Orissa, India
P. V. Ranganadha Rao, R. A. Bhuskade and K. V. Desikan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000043
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CASE REPORT
Acro-osteolysis prior to diagnosis of leprosy
Ximena Illarramendi, Márcia R. Jarim, Ana M. Sales, José A. C. Nery and Euzenir N. Sarno
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000044
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'Wall Journal' on leprosy - a novel method to educate medical students
G. Shah, V. V. Pai, C. R. Revankar and R. Ganapati
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WHO leprosy elimination campaign - beyond 2005
K. L . Braber
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TEACHING MATERIALS
Alert training calendar 2001 • International course for Leprology Physicans • Asian Leprosy Congress • The Welcome Trust, London: Training Fellowships and Awards • The Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy • Access to reliable drug information in resource-poor countries • Public libraries in Africa • A report and annotated bibliography e videos on leprosy from who
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NEWS AND NOTES
The genome mapping of the leprosy bacillus completed e blocking natural killer cell activity • Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research • AMREF: African Medical and Research Foundation • 'Molecular Pathology' edition of Journal Of Clinical Pathology (U.K.) •WHO Liaison: newsletter of the who library and information networks for knowledge • TDR: special initiatives to support academic programme development • The Heiser Program for Research in Leprosy and Tuberculosis • 'Drug-resistant tuberculosis can be controlled' says WHO • TB: a clinical manual for South East Asia • Global tuberculosis control: WHO report 1999 • What is DOTS? • Guidelines for the control of tuberculosis in prisons • INASP-Health e WHO: drugs used in HIV-related infections • AIDS cuts life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa • St Joseph's Leprosy Hospital • Regional conferences of leprosy workers • Leprosy Focus Group for Podiatrists • Poster contest on leprosy (Hansen's disease)
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