Volume 85, Number 1, March 2014 Leprosy Review: Volume 85, Number 1, March 2014 Expand Contents1 Editor’s choice – March 2014 P. SAUNDERSONEditorial2 Role of contact tracing and prevention strategies in the interruption of leprosy transmission W. C. S. SMITH AND A. AERTSOriginal Papers 18 A Delphi exercise to refine the WHO three-point Disability Grading system for leprosy, and to develop guidelines to promote greater accuracy and reliability of WHO Disability recording. H. CROSS, F. ARIEF, K. BEISE, W. BRANDSMA, J. N. CHUKWU, J. EBENSO, M. A. D. F. GROSSI, H.-J. KAWUMA, L. LEHMAN, S. MANI, S. K. PAUL, A. PIEFER, W. V. BRAKEL AND J. LI29 Reliability of Clinical Nerve Function Assessment in Peripheral Neuropathies J. WIM BRANDSMA, I. WAGENAAR, E. POST, P. NICHOLLS AND J. H. RICHARDUS36 Stigma in leprosy: concepts, causes and determinants S. SERMRITTIRONG AND W. H. VAN BRAKEL48 Prostatic and testicular parameters in lepromatous patients E. AGLAMIS, C. TASDEMIR, M. O. YUCEL, C. CEYLAN AND I. ERDENCase Reports54 Fulminant hepatic failure in a 15 year old boy with borderline lepromatous leprosy and Type 2 reaction V. MENDIRATTA, M. MALIK, A. GURTOO AND R. CHANDER58 Recurrence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a patient with Hansen’s disease: A case report V. J. N. DE SOUZA, P. R. L. MACHADO, M. C. A. TEIXEIRA AND N. M. SOARES63 Leprosy and lymphatic fi lariasis comorbidity: the case for an integrated functional limitation grading system T. M. RAWSON AND P. V. RANGANADHA RAO68 Obituary – Michel Lechat (1928–2014)
Volume 85, Number 2, June 2014 Leprosy Review: Volume 85, Number 2, June 2014 Expand Contents69 Children with leprosy C.R. BUTLIN AND P. SAUNDERSONOriginal Articles74 Reconstructive surgery in children to correct ulnar claw hand deformity due to leprosy G. MANIVANNAN, P. DAS, G. KARTHIKEYAN AND A.S. JOHN81 What parents should know while their child is on MDT: Insights from a qualitative study in Eastern India V. LAL, S. PAL, N.K. HALDAR, P.K. MANDAL AND G. SRINIVAS85 Childhood leprosy in the post-elimination phase: data from a tertiary health care Hospital in the Karnataka state of south India A. PALIT, A.C. INAMADAR, S.S. DESAI AND P. SHARMA93 Childhood leprosy in India over the past two decades A. PALIT AND A.C. INAMADAR100 Childhood leprosy: A retrospective descriptive study from Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India S. SASIDHARANPILLAI, M.P. BINITHA, N. RIYAZ, B. AMBOOKEN, O.K.R. MARIYATH, B. GEORGE, A.K. JANARDHANAN AND P.V.B. SHERJEENA111 Children and leprosy in southern Nigeria: burden, challenges and prospects N. EKEKE, J. CHUKWU, C. NWAFOR, C. OGBUDEBE, D. OSHI, A. MEKA AND N. MADICHIELetter to the editor118 Leprosy in children under fifteen years in Brazil, 2011 M. LEVANTEZI, T. MOREIRA, S.S. NETO AND A.L. DE JESUS123 Childhood leprosy situation in Myanmar in 2012 T.L. TUN126 Obituary – Professor Antonio Salafi a (1941–2014)127 Obituary – Dr. Jacinto Convit (1913–2014)129 Obituary – Dr. Jacinto Convit
Volume 85, Number 3, September 2014 Leprosy Review: Volume 85, Number 3, September 2014 Expand Call for Papers131 Prevention of Disability (POD) Contents132 Editor’s choice – September 2014 P. SaundersonOriginal Papers133 Addressing inequality and exclusion – the opinion of people affected by leprosy in Africa and Asia, as to what should be included in any post Millennium Development Goal framework S. Arulanantham141 Responding to the challenge of leprosy-related disability and ultra-poverty B. Bowers, S. Singh and P. Kuipers149 How to reduce stigma in leprosy – a systematic literature review S. Sermrittirong, W.H. van Brakel and J.F.G. Bunbers-Aelen158 Leprosy incidence: six years follow-up of a population cohort in Bangladesh P. Basel, D. Pahan, F.J. Moet, L. Oskam and J.H. Richardus 170 Leprosy – An imported disease Z. Kwan, J. Pailoor, L.L. Tan, S. Robinson, S.-M. Wong and R. Ismail177 Drug resistance patterns in Mycobacterium leprae isolates from relapsed leprosy patients attending The Leprosy Mission (TLM) Hospitals in India M. Lavania, R.S. Jadhav, V.S. Chaitanya, R. Turankar, A. Selvasekhar, L. Das, F. Darlong, U.K. Hambroom, S. Kumar and U. Sengupta186 Psychological distress and quality of life in leprosy patients with neuropathic pain F.J.J. Reis, D. Lopes, J. Rodrigues, A.P. Gosling and M.K. GomesCase Reports194 Lucio Leprosy with Lucio’s phenomenon, digital gangrene and anticardiolipin antibodies E. Nunzie, O. Cabrera LV, M. Moncayo FM, O. Espinosa PF, Clapasson A. and Massone C.201 Annular bullous lesions with atypical erythema multiforme in leprosy A. Shah, R. Mahajan, K. Ninama and F. Bilimoria208 Physical disability and social participation in patients affected by leprosy after discontinuation of multidrug therapy L.E. de Castro, A.J.L.A. da Cunha, A.P. Fontana, V.L.R. de Castro Halfoun and M.K. Gomes218 Prevalence of restless legs syndrome among leprosy patients: a hospital based study T. Padhi and S. PradhanWorkshop Report224 The experiences and attitudes of people affected by leprosy who voluntarily undertake leprosy services in Nepal H. Cross and A. Kumar SahILEP Technical Commission – Advisory Paper232 Model Patient Card/Record (Leprosy) 2nd edition, London: ILEP, 2014
Volume 85, Number 4, December 2014 Leprosy Review: Volume 85, Number 4, December 2014 Expand Contents249 Editor’s choice – December 2014 P. SaundersonReview250 Tele-leprology: A literature review of applications of telemedicine and tele-education to leprosy C.A. Nelson, C.L. Kovarik and C.B. MorssinkOriginal Papers262 Results from the Clinical Trial of Uniform Multidrug Therapy for Leprosy Patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR): Decrease in Bacteriological Index M.L.F. Penna, S. Bu"hrer-Sékula, M.A. De Andrade Pontes, R. Cruz, H. De Sá Gonçalves and G.O. Penna267 Patient profile and treatment satisfaction of Brazilian leprosy patients in a clinical trial of uniform six-month multidrug therapy (U-MDT/CT-BR) I.P.S. Ferreira, S. Buhrer-Sékula, M.R.F. De Oliveira, H. De Sá Gonçalves, M.A. De Andrade Pontes, M.L.F. Penna, R. Cruzand G.O. Penna275 Normal threshold values for a monofilament sensory test in sural and radial cutaneous nerves in Indian and Nepali volunteers I. Wagenaar, W. Brandsma, E. Post and J.H. Richardus288 Leprosy and tuberculosis concomitant infection: A poorly understood, age-old relationship T.M. Rawson, V. Anjum, J. Hodgson, A.K. Rao, K. Murthy, Sundar Rao PSS, J. Subbanna and P.V.R. Rao296 Childhood leprosy through the post-leprosy-elimination era: a retrospective analysis of epidemiological and clinical characteristics of disease over eleven years from a tertiary care hospital in North India S. Dogra, T. Narang, G. Khullar, R. Kumar and U. Nahar Saikia311 Dental health and treatment needs in people with leprosy in China F. Yunzhi, G. Yue, T. Lili, W. Zhonghe, Z. Lianhua, Y. Ying and Z. GuochengCase Report322 Erythema nodosum leprosum mimicking Sweet’s syndrome: an uncommon presentation V.K. Mahajan, Abhinav C, K.S. Mehta and P.S. ChauhanLetter to the editor328 Sources of anxiety amongst leprosy patients in urban treatment setting in Hyderabad, India V. Thwaites, V. Anjum and K. Rao332 Leprosy in Sarawak, Borneo: A 5 Year Review from 2008 to 2012 L.H. NinhNews and Notes336 KIT Biomedical research Reports on Big Data in location based applications 70 Years of Revista de Leprologia Fontilles Back to Volume 85