Leprosy in the Yemen Arab Republic

Leprosy elimination campaign (LEC) in Hodeidah Province, Republic of Yemen, 1997-1998: results and treatment outcome.

In the March 2004 issue of Leprosy Review A.B. Al Dobai and colleagues described the results of a leprosy elimination campaign in Hodiah Province in the Republic of Yemen. The presentation clearly illustrates achievement of the ultimate objective of LECs i.e. detecting leprosy cases of consequence and curing them with MDT. The finding of cases in excess of the estimated hidden cases of conseque...

Ocular complications of leprosy in yemen.

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to identify the main ocular- and vision-threatening complications of leprosy in Yemen. METHODS This is a cross-sectional observational study which took place from February to July 2010. Leprosy patients attending the Skin and Venereal Diseases Hospital in the City of Light in Taiz, Yemen, who consented to participate in the study, were enrolled. Detailed de...

Arab Republic of Egypt

Serodiagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Syrian Arab Republic.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of western blot (WB) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that use antigens from culture promastigote from Leishmania parasites, for laboratory diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Syria. METHODS We utilized 290 serum samples from endemic areas (patients group) and other regions (control samples) in Syria during 2002-2005 and the serological test...

The leprosy control programme in the People's Republic of China.

At an International Leprosy Symposium in 1 98 5 1 in the People's Republic of China, China pledged to eradicate its leprosy problem by the year 2000. For any other leprosy-endemic country this statement might be dismissed as a hopeless political dream; but for China, with a declining number of leprosy cases,2,3 and a well-structured health system since 1 949, this dream is already coming true ....