International Journal of Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases

ISSN 0148-916X

Vol. 49 N° 1 - Jan/Feb/Mar - 1981

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

1- Histology of the Fernandez reaction. An appraisal

J. Thomas; M. Joseph; K. Ramanujam; C. J. G. Chacko; C. K. Job

2- Aspiration cytology of lymph nodes in leprosy

Subhash Kumari Gupta; Bhushan Kumar; Surrinder Kaur

3- Borderline tuberculoid leprosy following BCG vaccination. A case report

Gerald L. Stoner; Ayele Belehu; John Nsibambi; Jan Warndorff

4- Evaluation of a new blood test for its potential to indicate leprosy infection prior to the appearance of clinical symptoms

Claude V. Reich; Ricardo S. Guinto; Roland V. Cellona; Tranquilino T. Fajardo; Monina G. Madarang

5- Circulating immune complexes detected by Clq solid phase assay in leprosy

Mario Nuti; Raffaele D'Amelio; Rosalba Seminara; C. F. Milano; Lucia Palmisano; Fernando Aiuti

6- Hormone profile in lepromatous leprosy. A preliminary study

Raj Rolston; M. Mathews; Phyllis M. Taylor; T. S. Koshy

7- Renal functional status in lepromatous leprosy

A. K. Bajaj; S. C. Gupta; S. N. Sinha; D. C. Govil; U. C. Gaur; R. Kumar

8- Low serotonin uptake by platelets in leprosy and a new approach to prevent it

Lenke Szabados; Jean-Marie Launay; Madeleine Mester; François Cottenot; Jean Pennec; Laszlo Mester

9- Occurrence of _ϒ-glutamyl transpeptidase activity in several mycobacteria including Mycobacterium leprae

K. Taranath Shetty; Noshir H. Antia; P. R. Krishnaswamy

10- Adenosine triphosphate content in Mycobacterium leprae. A brief communication

Arvind M. Dhople; John H. Hanks

EDITORIALS

11- The International Leprosy Association at 50 years

Michel F. Lechat

12- Report of the Leonard Wood Memorial Conference on Leprosy held in Manila, Philippine Islands, January 9 to 23, 1931

13- Notes concerning the formation of the International Leprosy Association

14- The presidents of the International Leprosy Association

15- The 1980 JOURNAL-a perspective in leprosy

16- The JOURNAL is Late

OBITUARIES

17- Roberto Nunez Andrade, M.D.1905-1979

Amado Saúl

18- Yu Chia-Chun, M.D.1898-1969

C. K. Hu; Ye Gan-yun

CORRESPONDENCE

19- A claim for a Mycobacterium leprae specific antigen

Morten Harboe; Otto Closs

20- Reply to Dr. Harboe's and Dr. Gloss' Letter to the Editor

Thomas M. Buchanan; Thomas P. Gillis; Harlan D. Caldwell

21- Mechanism of action of sulfones

Meny Bergel

22- Reply to Dr. Bergel's Letter to the Editor

J. K. Seydel

23- The fingers in non-lepromatous leprosy

C. L. Crawford

24- Reply to Dr. Crawford's Letter to the Editor

A. Colin McDougall

25- Adherent suppressor cells in polar lepromatous leprosy

Pierre-Richard Ridel; Pierre Saint-Andre; Gerard Baquillon; Claude Ferracci; Pierre Boucher

26- Mycobacterium X, from lepromata cultivated in tetradecane-DMSO medium

Laszlo Kato

27- Respiratory reflexes (breath holding time)in leprosy

Suresh K. Malik; Surrinder K. Jundal; Bhushan Kumar; Surrinder Kaur

28- Should indeterminate leprosy ever be diagnosed?

John H. S. Pettit

NEWS AND NOTES

29- News and Notes

BOOK REVIEWS

30- Book Reviews

E.J. Shannon