Abstracts

Abstracts

Sustainable Self-Care for POD in North Malawi

AM Molesworth, LK Sichali, DT Mwafulirwa, AC Crampin, PEM Fine, N French

E-mail: anna.molesworth@lshtm.ac.uk  

See abstract O-191 in 17th International Leprosy Congress Abstracts Publication:

http://www.leprosy-ila.org/17th-ilc/free_papers/free_papers_POD.pdf

Articles

Articles

Distribution of Environmental Mycobacteria in Karonga District, Northern Malawi

BZ Chilima, IM Clark, S Floyd, PEM Fine, PR Hirsch

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

April 2006, p. 2343-2350

 

The Role of BCG in Prevention of Leprosy: A Meta-Analysis

Maninder Singh Setia, Craig Stainmaus, Christine S Ho, Dr George W Rutherford

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volume 6, Issue 3, pages 162 – 170, March 2006

 

Large-Scale Candidate Gene Study of Leprosy Susceptibility in the Karonga District of Northern Malawi

J Fitness, S Floyd, DK Warndorff, L Sichali, L Mwaugulu, AC Crampin, PEM Fine, AVS Hill

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

71(3), 2004, pp 330-340

 

Linkage Analysis of Susceptibility to Leprosy Type Using an IBD Regression Method

C Wallace, J Fitness, B Hennig, L Sichali, L Mwaungulu, JM Pönnighaus,

DK Warndorff, D Clayton, PEM Fine, AVS Hill

Genes and Immunity

(2004) 5, 221-225

 

Household and Dwelling Contact as Risk Factors for Leprosy in Northern Malawi

PEM Fine, JAC Sterne, JM Pönnighaus, L Bliss, J Saul, A Chihana, M Munthali,

DK Warndorff

American Journal of Epidemiology

Vol 146, No 1, 1997

 

Randomised Controlled Trial of Single BCG, Repeated BCG, or Combined BCG and Killed Mycobacterium leprae Vaccine for Prevention of Leprosy and Tuberculosis in Malawi, Karonga, Prevention Trial Group

The Lancet

1996 Aug 31;348(9027):611

 

Geographic Determinants of Leprosy in Karonga District, Northern Malawi

International Journal of Epidemiology

JA Sterne, JM Pönnighaus, PE Fine, SS Malema

1995 Dec:24(6):1211-22

 

Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity, Mycobacterial Vaccines and Protective Immunity

PE Fine, JA Sterne, JM Pönnighaus, RJ Rees

The Lancet

1994 Nov 5;344(8932):1245-9

 

Is HIV Infection a Risk Factor for Leprosy?

JK Pönnighaus, LJ Mwanjasi, PE Fine, MA Shaw, AC Turner, SM Oxborrow,

SB Lucas, PA Jenkins, JA Sterne, L Bliss

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

1994 Dec;62(4):610-3

F
our-Year Follow Up Results of WHO-Recommended Multiple-Drug Regimen in Paucibacillary Leprosy Patients in Malawi

G Boerrigter, JM Pönnighaus, PE Fine, RJ Wilson

International Journal of Leprosy

1991;59:255-61

 

Leprosy in Malawi. 2. Background, Design and Prospects of the Karonga Prevention Trial, A Leprosy Vaccine Trial in Northern Malawi

PE Fine, JM Pönnighaus

International Journal of Epidemiology

1988;82(6):810-7

 

The LEPRA Evaluation Project, An Epidemiological Study of Leprosy in Northern Malawi. Methods

JM Pönninghaus, PE Fine, L Bliss, IJ Sliney, DJ Bradley, RJ Rees

Leprosy Review

1987 Dec: 58(4):359-75

 

Protective Efficacy of BCG against Leprosy in Northern Malawi

PEM Fine, N Maine, JM Pönnighaus, JA Clarkson, L Bliss

The Lancet

Volume 328, Issue 8505, pages 499 – 502, 30 August 1986  

Resources

Resources

ILEP teaching and learning materials and technical bulletins in English:

http://www.ilep.org.uk/library-resources/ilep-publications/

 

Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (Plan period 2006 – 2010)

http://www.ilep.org.uk/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/WHO_Publications/gstrat130605.pdf

 

Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (2006 – 2010): Operational Guidelines

http://www.ilep.org.uk/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/WHO_Publications/opguid130706.pdf

 

Enhanced Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Disease Burden Due to Leprosy

(Plan Period: 2011 – 2015)

http://www.ilep.org.uk/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/WHO_Publications/EnhancedGlobStrat.pdf

 

Enhanced Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Disease Burden Due to Leprosy 2011 – 2015): Operational Guidelines (Updated)
http://www.ilep.org.uk/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/WHO_Publications/OperationalGuidelines_2011_2015_FINAL.pdf

 

I Can Do It Myself: Tips for People Affected by Leprosy Who Want to Prevent Disability

http://www.ilep.org.uk/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/WHO_Publications/whoselfcareeng.pdf