International Journal of Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases

ISSN 0148-916X

Vol. 52 N° 3 - Jul/Aug/Sep - 1984

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

1- Comparative study of two regimens of combined chemotherapy of one year duration in multibacillary leprosy. Results after four and five years' follow-up

Stefaan R. Pattyn; Pierre Saint André; Claude Ferracci; Gerard Baquillon

2- Relapse rates among nonlepromatous patients released from control

Kumar Jesudasan; Melville Christian; David Bradley

3- Peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets in leprosy

Thomas H. Rea; Antony C. Bakke; John W. Parker; Robert L. Modlin; David A. Horwitz

4- The cellular content of dermal leprous granulomas: an immuno-histological approach

Daniel Wallach; Béatrice Flageul; Marie-Anne Bach; François Cottenot

5- Serum zinc levels in subtypes of leprosy

Narendra K. Mathur; Mukul Sharma; Hari N. Mangal; Suraj M. L. Rai

6- Oral zinc as an adjunct to dapsone in lepromatous leprosy

Narendra K. Mathur; Ram A. Bumb; Hari N. Mangal; Mohan Lal Sharma

7- Hansen's disease and olfaction

Nirmal K. Soni; P. Chatterji

8- Salivary immunoglobulins and antibody activities in leprosy

Masahide Abe; Yuji Yoshino; Fumishige Minagawa; lchiko Miyaji; Prasert Sampoonachot; Toshiharu Ozawa; Yoshimoto Sakamoto;Toshi Saito; Kazuo Saikawa

9- Immunization of highly susceptible C3H mice with ultrasonicated Mycobacterium lepraemurium (MLM) bacilli facilitates the development of increased resistance during MLM infection

Martinus Løvik; Otto M. Closs; Olav A. Haugen

10- Attempts to breed the nine-banded armadillo(Dasypus novemcinctus) in captivity-a preliminary report

Charles K. Job; Rita M. Sanchez; Waldemar F. Kirchheimer; Robert C. Hastings

11- Electrophysiological studies of the sciatic nerves in Mycobacterium leprae foot pad-injected rats

Alain Sebille; Nacera Tabti; Claire-Cécile Guelpa; Anne-Marie Giroir

12- Lactate dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium leprae grown in armadillo liver

Paul R. Wheeler; Ved P. Bharadwaj; Vishwa M. Katoch; K. B. Kannan

13- Pathological findings on peripheral nerves, lymph nodes, and visceral organs of leprosy

Liu Tze-Chun; Qiu Ju-Shi

14- Exacerbation reactions in hyperactive lepromatous leprosy

Dennis S. Ridley; Marian J. Ridley

EDITORIALS

15- Rationale of the multidrug regimens recommended by a World Health Organization Study Group on Chemotherapy of Leprosy for Control Programs

Gordon A. Ellard

16- Models for leprosy. an appraisal of graphic representations of the "spectrum" concept as models and a suggestion for a catastrophe theory model for leprosy

H. Srinivasan

OBITUARIES

17- A. Felix Contreras Duenas, M.D.1900-1984

J. Terencio de las Aguas

18- C. G. S. lyer, M.D., M.R.C. (Path.), F.C.P.S.1921-1984

H. Srinivasan

19- Le Médecin Général lnspecteur Pierre Richet 1904-1983

Languillon

CORRESPONDENCE

20- Unresponsiveness to Mycobacterium leprae in lepromatous leprosy in Vitro: reversible or not?

Tom H. M. Ottenhoff; Dienne G. Elferink; René R. P. de Vries

21- Response to Letter of Dr. Ottenhoff, et al.

Abu Salim Mustafa; Abebe Haregewoin; Tore Godal

22- Venous involvement in nonlepromatous leprosy

A.Mukherjee; B.K. Girdhar; G. N. Malaviya