Volume: 72 - Number: 1 - year 2001



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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010001

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Integration of leprosy control with primary health care
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010002

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EDITORIAL

Does there exist a subgroup of MB patients at greater risk of relapse after MDT?
J. I. Baohong
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010003

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SPECIAL PAPER

Leprosy research in the post-genome era
Roy Curtis, Sally Blower, Kevin Cooper, David Russell, Samuel Silverstein and Lowell Young
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010004

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PAPERS

Prediction of 'highly skin smear positive' cases among MB leprosy patients using clinical parameters
J. W. Lemaster, T. Shwe, C. R. Butlin and P. W. Roche
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010005

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Mast cells in leprosy skin lesions
V. V. Mysorekar, C. P. Dandekar and S. G. Rao
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010006

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Clinical, electrophysiological, and immunopathological study of peripheral nerves in Hansen's disease
W. Ramadan, B. Mourad, W. Fadel and E. Ghoraba
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010007

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Modified Active Surveillance System (MASS); a novel clinicopathological evaluation of PB leprosy patients after RFT, in Mangalore, India
R. Majunath, K. Narendra Kamath, G. S. Pai, J. Pinto and V. Vinod
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010008

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Increase in the incidence of dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome - an appraisal
P. Narasimha Rao and T. S. S. Lakshmi
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010009

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Effect of unique Mycobacterium leprae phenolic glycolipid-I (PGL-I) on tumour necrosis factor production by human mononuclear cells
R. Charlab, E. N. Sarno, D. Chatterjee and M. C. V. Pessolani
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010010

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Involvement of male genitalia in leprosy
B. Kumar, R. Kaur, R. Rai, S. K. Mandal and V. K. Sharma
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010011

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Cyto-diagnosis of histoid leprosy
A. S. Bhake, K. V. Desikan and U. N. Jajoo
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010012

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CASE REPORTS

Clinical, histopathological and bacteriological investigations in two cases of relapse following ROM treatment
V. P. Shetty, A. V. Wakade, N. H. Antia, V. V. Pai, C. R. Revenker, R. Ganapati and H. O. Bulch
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010013

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SPECIAL REPORT

Asian Leprosy Congress
D. Poricha
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010014

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Leprosy Review Questionnaire
S. Boobis
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010015

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SPECIAL EDUCATION SERIES

An overview of the global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
H. A. Weiss and S. Hawkes
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010016

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BOOK REVIEW

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

'Jhum- jhum': a common parasthesia in leprosy
W. Lemaster, O. John and P. W. Roche

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A critique on commentary ‘How Mycobacterium leprae infects peripheral nerves’ by Freedman et al
M. P. Save and V. P. Shetty

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Guide to eliminating leprosy as a public health problem.
E. Declercq

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre • Course Schedule for 2001 • Publications on tuberculosis • Topics in lnternational Health CD-ROM series • The Wellcome Trust London: training fellowships • The Wellcome Trust London: Health Services Research Awards • Free International Newsletters and Recommended Journals on Subscription

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NEWS AND NOTES
New NGO to promote elimination of leprosy • Report of First Meeting of WHO Technical Advisory Group on Elimination of Leprosy • Combinatorial chemistry; a revolution in drug discovery • A clinical prediction rule for nerve function impairment in leprosy patients • Remote access: tracking TB , leprosy and HIV in northern Malawi • RELEASE: Leprosy Control Programme in western and mid-western regions of Nepal • The THELEP controlled clinical trials in lepromatous leprosy • Twenty countries pledge to wipe out TB • Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages requires enzyme essential for metabolism of fatty acids • TB transplant to TDR: rapid intake, minimal rejection • Reforms to the health sector must retain vertical programmes like those for tuberculosis • Prospects for global tuberculosis control under the DOTS strategy e HIV: Durban (South Africa) conference wams HIV leveIs on the rise again • News from the Damien Institute • Th 1 and Th2 cytokine responses • International charity offers health and loans • Liaison: newsletter of the WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge • UK Department for lnternational Development • New programme explores technologies to challenge disability and improve health care deli very to the poor

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