Fw: Ref.: (LML) IAL Textbook of Leprosy - 3rd Edn. (2023)

 

Leprosy Mailing List – February 19,  2023

 

Ref.:  (LML) IAL Textbook of Leprosy - 3rd Edn. (2023)

From:  Bushan Kumar, Sunil Droga and HK Kar, India

 

Dear Dr. Schreuder & colleagues, 

 

We are pleased to inform you that IAL Textbook of Leprosy (3rd Edn.) released during the "International Leprosy Congress" Hyderabad (Nov 2022) is now available for sale in market and online stores.

Salient Features…. 

• Covers all possible aspects of leprosy, tracing its history, epidemiology, immunogenetics, bacteriology of Mycobacterium leprae, immunology, pathology, mechanisms of nerve damage, disease classification, clinical and laboratory diagnosis, differential diagnosis, chemotherapy, lepra reactions, neuritis and their management, National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) & future prospects.
  
  
  
• Includes chapters related to basics of history taking and techniques of clinical and nerve examination, ocular leprosy, vaccines (immuno-prophylaxis, immunotherapy), chemoprophylaxis, deformities and their management, recording and assessment of nerve involvement and experimental leprosy.
  
  
  
• Covers special situations, viz. leprosy in children, pregnancy, associated with HIV, immune-compromised hosts including Covid-19 and issues related to community–based rehabilitation, psychosocial aspects, stigma, and migration. 
  
  
  
• Presents lucid and comprehensive information, and clinical pictures / images help to diagnose leprosy even in low endemic situations.
  
  
  
• Discusses problems of drug resistance, relapse, challenges and scenario beyond 2030. Highlights the role of NGOs in the leprosy control program, and the case histories give a reassuring and encouraging picture which adds to the optimism and presents a new face of leprosy considering the achievements in control of leprosy. 
  
  
  
• Contains the most up-to-date and comprehensive material contributed by 87 acclaimed experts of national and international repute. 
  
  
  
• Photo gallery gives good visual impression of how the disease looks in different shades of skin color. 
  
  
  
• Improves the diagnostic accuracy with the help of nearly 530 figures and 130 tables and graphs that capture the presentation of leprosy in practice.
  
  
  
• Enhances clinical and therapeutic knowledge with the latest on diagnosis and other research areas in leprosy. Ideal book for dermatologists, leprologists, internists, epidemiologists, social scientists, laboratory and research personnel, teachers and students, national and international NGOs, World Health Agencies  and the Health Ministries.   

Warm regards,

Prof. Bushan Kumar, Prof. Sunil Droga, Prof. HK Kar

Editors

 

AMAZON : https://www.amazon.in/textbook-Leprosy-Hemanta-Kumar-Bhushan/dp/9354654541/ref=sr_1_2?crid=PXJ5BA5YUQMJ&keywords=ial+textbook+of+leprosy&qid=1676644693&sprefix=IAL+Text%2Caps%2C627&sr=8-2            

Jaypee Portal: https://www.jaypeebrothers.com/pgDetails.aspx?cat=s&book_id=9789354654541  

 

LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder

LML blog link: http://leprosymailinglist.blogspot.it/

Contact: Dr Pieter Schreuder << editorlml@gmail.com

 

 

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