International Journal of Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases

ISSN 0148-916X

Vol. 49 N° 3 - Jul/Aug/Sep - 1981

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

1- Comparison of 22 species of mycobacteria by immunodiffusion against an absorbed reference leprosy serum

Thomas P. Gillis; Masahide Abe; Ward E. Bullock; Oscar Rojas-Espinosa; Ethel Garcia-Ortigoza; Philip Draper; Waldemar Kirchheimer;Thomas M. Buchanan

2- Circulating and tissue immune complexes in leprosy

Shobha Sehgal; Bhushan Kumar

3- Prothionamide and prothionamide-S-oxide in experimental leprosy

Yoshiyasu Matsuo; Hiroshi Tatsukawa; John F. Murray; Jr.; John H. Peters

4- Dapsone induced hypohaptoglobinemia in lepromatous leprosy patients

V. Sritharan; V. P. Bharadwaj; K. Venkatesan; B. K. Girdhar

5- A quantitative assay of porphyrins in leprosy patients. A spectrophotometric study

P. Pavithran; F. Handa; K. S. Sidhu

6- Lepromatous leprosy clinically localized to one-half of the face. Report of a case

Jose M. Mascaro; Juan Ferrando; Rosa Gratacos

7- Relationship between T-cell population in neonatally thymectomized lewis rats and susceptibility to infection with Mycobacterium leprae

A. Howard Fieldsteel; Norio Sato; M. Joseph Colston

8- Degeneration and regeneration of unmyelinated fibers in experimental leprous neuropathy

V. P. Shetty; N. H. Antia

EDITORIALS

9- Some Thoughts on the present status and future prospects of chemotherapy of leprosy based on experience with treating tuberculosis

Gianni Acocella

CORRESPONDENCE

10- Decline of leprosy in Mainland China

Olaf K. Skinsnes

11- Rifampin 1200 mg Once Monthly Together With Daily Lamprene^® and Dapsone in Treatment of Refactory Patients with Lepromatous Leprosy

Bro. Sannyasi Paul; Elizar T. Rose

12- Lipids and lipoprotein profiles in leprosy

C. Sita Devi; Y. Mohan Kumar; M. Patrudu; C. R. R. M. Reddy; B. Narasimha Rao

13- Nine-banded armadillos in captivity: prevention of losses due to parasitic diseases. Some remarks onmycobacteria-free maintenance

J. M. Kazda

NEWS AND NOTES

14- The American Leprosy Missions receives the 1981 Damien Dutton Award

BOOK REVIEWS

15- Book Reviews

CURRENT LITERATURE

16- Current Literature

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

17- Statement of Financial Condition

W. Felton Ross