Leprosy
Churchill Livingstone (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published in May 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-443-03373-5 (ISBN)
Description
Great strides have been made in the last ten years in the immunology and chemotherapy of leprosy which have altered concepts of epidemiology and control. Animal models of leprosy have added materially to knowledge of the transmission of leprosy. There is also a better understanding of the physical and psychological disabilities endured by leprosy patients. The stigma of the disease however, remains fully entrenched in many parts of the world, and still separates patients with leprosy from their fellow men. This work sets out to provide a basic knowledge and explanation of leprosy for students in developing countries and for doctors and scientists elsewhere, who want an introduction to the disease and the problems it continues to pose. Five chapters of this edition have been extensively revised, and a new chapter added on mycobacterium laprae itself.
Great strides have been made in the last ten years in the immunology and chemotherapy of leprosy which have altered concepts of epidemiology and control. Animal models of leprosy have added materially to knowledge of the transmission of leprosy. There is also a better understanding of the physical and psychological disabilities endured by leprosy patients. The stigma of the disease however, remains fully entrenched in many parts of the world, and still separates patients with leprosy from their fellow men. This work sets out to provide a basic knowledge and explanation of leprosy for students in developing countries and for doctors and scientists elsewhere, who want an introduction to the disease and the problems it continues to pose. Five chapters of this edition have been extensively revised, and a new chapter added on mycobacterium laprae itself.
Great strides have been made in the last ten years in the immunology and chemotherapy of leprosy which have altered concepts of epidemiology and control. Animal models of leprosy have added materially to knowledge of the transmission of leprosy. There is also a better understanding of the physical and psychological disabilities endured by leprosy patients. The stigma of the disease however, remains fully entrenched in many parts of the world, and still separates patients with leprosy from their fellow men. This work sets out to provide a basic knowledge and explanation of leprosy for students in developing countries and for doctors and scientists elsewhere, who want an introduction to the disease and the problems it continues to pose. Five chapters of this edition have been extensively revised, and a new chapter added on mycobacterium laprae itself.
More details
Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
12 tables, 34 line drawings, 60 half-tones, further reading lists,index
Dimensions
Height: 13 mm
Width: 215 mm
Weight
359 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-03373-5 (9780443033735)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Mycobacterium leprae; clinical pathology; symptoms and signs; diagnosis; treatment; immunology; immunological complications - reactions; management of reactions; complications due to nerve damage; the eye in leprosy; physical rehabilitation; social, psychological and vocational rehabilitation; experimental leprosy; epidemiology; leprosy control.