Volume: 72 - Number: 2 - year 2001



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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010017

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CALL FOR PAPER

Integration of leprosy control with primary health care
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010018

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EDITORIAL

Cataract: the main cause of blindness in leprosy
M. Hogeweg
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010019

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PAPERS

The threshold for protective sensation that prevents neuropathic ulceration on the plantar aspect of the foot: a study of leprosy patients in a rural community in India
P. Mitchell
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010020

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Can people affected by leprosy at risk of developing plantar ulcers be identified? A field study from central Ethiopia
W. Feenstra, S. Van de Vijver, C. Benbow, A. Amenu and P. Saunderson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010021

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Dynamics of impairment during and after treatment: the AMFES cohort
A. Meima, P. R. Saunderson, S. Gebre, K. Desta and J. D. F. Habbema
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010022

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Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of nerves in leprosy
M. Vijaikumar, M. D'Souza, S. Kumar and B. Badhe
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010023

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Response of Mycobacterium habana vaccine in patients with lepromatous leprosy and their household contacts. A pilot clinical study
A. Wakhlu, S. P. S. Gaur, G. P. Kaushal, Arvino Misra, O. P. Asthana and A. R. Sircar
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010024

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Treatment outcome and impact of leprosy elimination campaign in Sokoto and Zamfara states, Nigeria
B.E. Ebenso, S.M. Tureta and S.O. Udo
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010025

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Defaulting patterns in a provincial leprosy control programme in Northern Mozambique
S. Griffiths and N. Ready
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010026

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Should nutritional status evaluation be included in the initial needs assessment of leprosy patients with disability prior to socio-economic
M. Vaz, B. Diffey, A. J. W. Jacob and M. Vaz
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010027

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FURTHER EDUCATION SERIES - HIV

The biology of HIV infection
S. Cowley
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010028

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Comparative value of active and passive surveillance over time in treated leprosy patients, in the Letter to the Editor prevention of further disability.
A. Gebre-Yesus and P. Sauderson

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OBITUARY
Dr Sushila Nayar

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TEACHING MATERIAIS AND SERVICES
International course on Rehabilitation and Prevention of Impairment and Disability (RPOID) Management and Skills module • Ophthalmic Course, Karigiri, India • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine • Tropical Medicine Research Awards for scientists from developing countries • A new Atlas of Leprosy • Scholarship Guidelines from the Dick Rees' Memorial Fund • Technical Guide: Sputum Examination for Tuberculosis by Direct Microscopy in Low Income Countries • WHO. The ' Blue Trunk' Library Project • Biology of Disease Vectors Course • Tuberculosis: Manual for Medical Students e INASP-Health, Oxford, UK

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NEWS AND NOTES
African MedicaI and Research Foundation • BBC World Service Trust: leprosy media campaign in India • New publication and leprosy organization from India • Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK: research on M. bovis • PubMed Central: creating an Aladdin's cave of ideas • Sugar coatings: glycoproteins in immunity and protein folding • Dora M. Scarlett MBE • WHO: two new publications on the elimination of leprosy as a public health problem • Biopsy of Skin Lesions in Leprosy • Leprosy project promotes disabled meet • UN says up to half the teenagers in Africa will die of AIDS • Interleukin 2 increases CD4 T cell counts in people with HIV • Changes in the STOP TB Campaign • Exogenous reinfection as a cause of recurrent tuberculosis after curative treatment

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Erratum

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