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Leprosy—An intriguing disease 1 Marcos Virmond and Andrzej Grzybowski
Lepra: Various etiologies from miasma to bacteriology and genetics 3 Andrzej Grzybowski , Jarosław Sak , Elzbieta Suchodolska , and Marcos Virmond
Leprosy: A glossary 8 Marcos Virmond , Andrzej Grzybowski , and Luiza Virmond
Protecting people against leprosy: Chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis 19 Jan Hendrik Richardus and Linda Oskam
Clinical aspects of leprosy 26 Carolina Talhari , Sinésio Talhari , and Gerson Oliveira Penna
Histopathology of the lepromatous skin biopsy 38 Cesare Massone , Workalemahu Alemu Belachew , and Antonio Schettini
Mechanisms of nerve injury in leprosy 46 David M. Scollard , Richard W. Truman , and Gigi J. Ebenezer
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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015
Treatment of leprosy 55 Hemanta Kumar Kar and Ruchi Gupta
Lucio’s leprosy: A clinical and therapeutic challenge 66 Fermin Jurado , Obdulia Rodriguez , Josefa Novales , Gisela Navarrete , and Myrna Rodriguez
Ocular leprosy 79 Andrzej Grzybowski , Małgorzata Nita , and Marcos Virmond
Immunology of leprosy and diagnostic challenges 90 Indira Nath , Chaman Saini , and Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri
Genetics of leprosy: Expected and unexpected developments and perspectives 99 Monica E.D. Sauer , Heloisa Salomão , Geovana B. Ramos , Helena R.S. D`Espindula , Rafael S.A. Rodrigues , Wilian C. Macedo , Renata H.M. Sindeaux , and Marcelo T. Mira
The armadillo as an animal model and reservoir host for Mycobacterium leprae 108 Gayathriy Balamayooran , Maria Pena , Rahul Sharma , and Richard W. Truman
CONTEMPORARY DERMATOLOGY
Caretaker of the Skin Jan Evangelista Purkynje (1787–1869): First to describe fingerprints 117
Clio Dermatologica Struck by lightning: Lichtenberg figures on a 19th-century wax model 122
IACD Officers page 128
Dermatology Around the World pages 129
IACD Membership Application 131
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