International Journal of Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases

ISSN 0148-916X

Vol. 55 N° 2 - Apr/May/Jun - 1987

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

1- Assessment of the immune deficit in leprosy patientsand the effect of recombinant IL-2 in Vitro

Mary Locniskar; David W. McEniry; David W. Mudd; Patricia Rose; Donald C. Lucas; James Larrick; Keith P. W. J. McAdam

2- HLA antigens and neural reversal reactions in Ethiopian borderline tuberculoid leprosy patients

Tom H. M. Ottenhoff; Paul J. Converse; Gunnar Bjune; Rene R. P. de Vries

3- Defective monocyte chemotaxis in active lepromatous leprosy

Georgia Schuller-Levis; Daniel Harris; Edward Cutler; Harry C. Meeker; Harriet Haubenstock; William R. Levis

4- Cold reactive lymphocytotoxic antibodies in patients with tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy

Sita Naik; Bhushan Kumar; Surrinder Kaur; Shoba Sehgal

5- Clinical significance of changes in serum proteins, immunoglobulins, and autoantibodies in leprosy

William Douglas Rawlinson; Antony Basten; John C. Hargrave

6- Sensitivity and specificity of the FLA-ABS test for Leprosy in Mexican populations

Maria Eugenia Amezcua; Alejandro Escobar-Gutiérrez; Elvira Mayén; Jose Victor Cázares

7- Immunization of mice with Mycobacterium leprae/Mycobacterium bovis BCG admixtures: modulation of the acquired response to BCG

Ian M. Orme

8- Ability of the phenolic glycolipid-I antigen of M. leprae to elicit a positive Mitsuda response in the armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Charles K. Job; Rita M. Sanchez; Gregory T. McCormick; Robert C. Hastings

9- Influence of route of inoculation on Anti-Mycobacterium lepraemurium antibody isotypes in murine leprosy

Agnés Hoffenbach; Léonardo Diioro; Marie-Anne Bach

10- Comparison of radiometric macrophage assay and fluorescein diacetate/ethidium bromide staining for evaluation of M. leprae viability

K. V. Harshan; H. K. Prasad; N. K. Chopra; R. S. Mishra; P. Gogiya; Indira Nath

11- Activity of selected beta-lactam antibiotics Against Mycobacterium leprae

Charles C. Shepard; Rosalind M. Van Landingham; Laura L. Walker; Robert C. Goode

12- Ultracytochemical studies of lysosomal function in the macrophages of human leprosy-I

V. P. Bharadwaj; M. Sakai; K. Ogawa; M. Nishiura

13- Myelinated and unmyelinated fibers in sural nerve biopsy of a case with lepromatous leprosy-a quantitative approach

Ellen Gibbels; Ursula Henke; Georg Klingmüller; Walter F. Haupt

14- S-100 protein and immunoperoxidase technique as an aid in the histopathologic diagnosis of leprosy

Raul N. Fleury; Carlos E. Bacchi

15- Plague and leprosy in the middle ages: a paradoxical cross-immunity?

Stephen R. Ell

CORRESPONDENCE

16- Effect of interleukin-1 (IL-1) and IL-2 on lymphocytes from patients with leprosy

Elsa M. Rada S.; Walter Mosco; Nacarid Aranzazu; Jacinto Convit

17- An unusual case of untreated lepromatous leprosy with rare bacilli: an immunologic follow-up

Robert H. Gelber; Nahid Mohagheghpour

18- Reversal reaction-management with topical corticosteroids

Chakravarthi R. Srinivas; Ambarish Padhee; Satish K. Menon; Rayadurg P. C.; Komattil Ramnarayan

19- Diabetogenic effect of dapsone

Aurora Santana Asensio; Omar Sergio Caticha-Alfonso; Bernardo Beiguelman; Luis Alberto Magna

20- Effect of preformed immune complexes on the course of Mycobacterium leprae infection in normal mice

Surrinder Kaur; Chetana Vaishnavi; Bhushan Kumar; Nirmal Kumar Ganguly

21- Mycobacterium leprae, probably a microbe-dependent microorganism

Laszlo Kato

International Journal of Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases

Vol. 55 N° 2 - Apr/May/Jun - 1987

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

1- Assessment of the immune deficit in leprosy patientsand the effect of recombinant IL-2 in Vitro

2- HLA antigens and neural reversal reactions in Ethiopian borderline tuberculoid leprosy patients

3- Defective monocyte chemotaxis in active lepromatous leprosy

4- Cold reactive lymphocytotoxic antibodies in patients with tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy

5- Clinical significance of changes in serum proteins, immunoglobulins, and autoantibodies in leprosy

6- Sensitivity and specificity of the FLA-ABS test for Leprosy in Mexican populations

7- Immunization of mice with Mycobacterium leprae/Mycobacterium bovis BCG admixtures: modulation of the acquired response to BCG

8- Ability of the phenolic glycolipid-I antigen of M. leprae to elicit a positive Mitsuda response in the armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

9- Influence of route of inoculation on Anti-Mycobacterium lepraemurium antibody isotypes in murine leprosy

10- Comparison of radiometric macrophage assay and fluorescein diacetate/ethidium bromide staining for evaluation of M. leprae viability

11- Activity of selected beta-lactam antibiotics Against Mycobacterium leprae

12- Ultracytochemical studies of lysosomal function in the macrophages of human leprosy-I

13- Myelinated and unmyelinated fibers in sural nerve biopsy of a case with lepromatous leprosy-a quantitative approach

14- S-100 protein and immunoperoxidase technique as an aid in the histopathologic diagnosis of leprosy

15- Plague and leprosy in the middle ages: a paradoxical cross-immunity?

CORRESPONDENCE

16- Effect of interleukin-1 (IL-1) and IL-2 on lymphocytes from patients with leprosy

17- An unusual case of untreated lepromatous leprosy with rare bacilli: an immunologic follow-up

18- Reversal reaction-management with topical corticosteroids

19- Diabetogenic effect of dapsone

20- Effect of preformed immune complexes on the course of Mycobacterium leprae infection in normal mice

21- Mycobacterium leprae, probably a microbe-dependent microorganism

NEWS AND NOTES

22- News and Notes

BOOK REVIEW

23- Book Review

CURRENT LITERATURE

24- Current Literature

U.S. HANSEN'S DISEASE RESEARCH CONFERENCE

25- Second U.S. hansen's disease research conference

WHO GUIDELINES FOR SKIN SMEARS

26- Who guidelines for skin smears

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

27- Acknowledgment