Summary

  1. History of Hansen's Disease

Henrique Antônio Valadares Costa

Luiz Arthur Barros

Patricia D. Deps

2. Aetiological agents and methods for detection.

João Marcelo Azevedo de Paula Antunes

Patricia D. Deps

Simon Collin

3. Epidemiology of Hansen's Disease

Josafá Gonçalves Barreto

4. Environmental sources of Mycobacterium leprae

João Marcelo Azevedo de Paula Antunes

Patricia D. Deps

Simon Collin

7. Hansen's disease in Childhood

Maria Angélica Carvalho Andrade

Patricia D. Deps

20. Stigma and Hansen's disease

Magda Levantezi

Patricia D. Deps