"Leprosy Relief through Leprosy Research" means that the results of research are made available for curing and eradicating the disease. The "Marinum Model" and the "planter test in mice" are, along with determination of serum activity in healthy test subjects, part of a complex of experiments for the assessment of the therapeutic value of an antimycobacterial substance. This replaces the "controlled studies" which, in their proper form, are scarcely possible for leprosy. With the recently developed forms of combination therapy, the duration of leprosy treatment is reduced to a few years. Because of the relationship of Mycobacterium leprae to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, certain types of combination therapy can be used in both diseases at the same time.
BT - MMW, Munchener medizinische Wochenschrift C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/408667?dopt=Abstract DA - 1977 Sep 02 IS - 35 J2 - MMW Munch Med Wochenschr LA - ger N2 -"Leprosy Relief through Leprosy Research" means that the results of research are made available for curing and eradicating the disease. The "Marinum Model" and the "planter test in mice" are, along with determination of serum activity in healthy test subjects, part of a complex of experiments for the assessment of the therapeutic value of an antimycobacterial substance. This replaces the "controlled studies" which, in their proper form, are scarcely possible for leprosy. With the recently developed forms of combination therapy, the duration of leprosy treatment is reduced to a few years. Because of the relationship of Mycobacterium leprae to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, certain types of combination therapy can be used in both diseases at the same time.
PY - 1977 SP - 1115 EP - 8 T2 - MMW, Munchener medizinische Wochenschrift TI - [Research in the campaign against leprosy (author's transl)]. VL - 119 SN - 0341-3098 ER -