1. The national advisory committee

   Announcement Pages: i - i

2. From the editor’s desk

   • P. S. Murthy

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

3. Preface

   • Bhaskar C. Harinath

   EditorialNotes Pages: 2 - 2

4. Presidential address

   • Sushila Nayar

   Announcement Pages: 3 - 3

5. Emerging problems in Malaria control

   • V. P. Sharma

   Key-Note Address Pages: 4 - 4

6. Panel discussion on “Tropical disease control by 2005-research thrust areas” held on September 5,1997. Brief report

   • M. V. R. Reddy

   Announcement Pages: 5 - 6

7. Panel discussion on “National laboratory network for immuno-diagnostics of infectious diseases (Nalind)” held on September 6,1997. Brief report

   • Harinath
   • P. Usha Sarma
   • P. Bansal

   Announcement Pages: 7 - 7

8. In vitro released antigens in diagnosis and immunomonitoring of filaria and tuberculosis

   • B. C. Harinath
   • Satish Kumar
   • M. V. R. Reddy

   Filariasis Pages: 8 - 12

9. Immunodiagnosis of human lymphatic filariasis: A review

   • Lalitha
   • P. Suba
   • Narayanan R. B.

   Filariasis Pages: 13 - 16

10. Detection of filarial antibody using an fiber optics immunosensor (FOI)

    • Madhan Mohan T.
    • Nidhi Nath
    • Sneh Anand

    Filariasis Pages: 17 - 21

11. Surgical management of manifestations in filariasis

    • Manokaran G.

    Filariasis Pages: 22 - 22

12. Transglutaminase as a target for novel anti-filarial agents

    • Kapil Mehta

    Filariasis Pages: 23 - 25

13. Cellular responses toBrugia infections inMeriones unguiculatus

    • U. R. Rao
    • T. R. Klei

    Filariasis Pages: 26 - 26

14. Modulation of cellular immune response by cytokines in bancroftian filariasis

    • Ravichandran M.
    • Regunathan J.
    • Kaliraj P.

    Filariasis Pages: 27 - 31

15. Immunomodulation of excretory secretory materials from the filarial parasiteSetaria digitata

    • R. Kaleysa Raj
    • C. G. Pradeep
    • Sheeba K. Oommen

    Filariasis Pages: 32 - 34

16. Our experience with experimentalWuchereria bancrofti infection in Indian langur (Presbytis entellus)

    • Shailja Misra Bhattacharya
    • K. Tyagi
    • R. K. Chatterjee

    Filariasis Pages: 35 - 35

17. Bionomics of Mansonioides mosquitoes in relation to community structure of hydrophytes/breeding habitats in Cherthala, Kerala

    • S. Sabesan
    • G. Rajendran
    • N. Pradeep Kumar

    Filariasis Pages: 36 - 38

18. Bancroftian filariasis in south east Madhya Pradesh: Pre-control epidemilogical observations

    • Vandana Dixit
    • Ashok V. Kurup
    • G B K S Prasad

    Filariasis Pages: 39 - 43

19. Epidemiological situation of malaria in South East Asia with focus on India

    • B. S. Garg

    Malaria Pages: 44 - 48

20. Strain variation and gene hunting in malaria

    • Y. D. Sharma
    • J. M. Fakruddin
    • Indu Sharma

    Malaria Pages: 49 - 51

21. Developing peptide based immunogen against human malaria delivered in liposomes containing non-toxic adjuvants

    • D. N. Rao
    • B. Chaba
    • L. Sabhnani

    Malaria Pages: 52 - 54

22. Impairment of cytochrome P₄₅₀ during Leishmaniasis: Role of nitric oxide synthase

    • Timir B Samanta
    • Rittika Chanda

    Leishmaniasis Pages: 55 - 59

23. Surface antigenic profiles of virulent and avirulent Indian strains ofLeishmania donovani

    • D. Sarkar

    Leishmaniasis Pages: 60 - 60

24. Medicinal plants in the fight against Leishmaniasis

    • Hemanta K Majumdar

    Leishmaniasis Pages: 61 - 61

25. Serodiagnosis of indian Kala-azar by elisa using purified Leishmania specific antigens

    • C. Roy
    • A. Mandal
    • S. Duttagupta

    Leishmaniasis Pages: 62 - 62

26. Adenylyl cyclase inMycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv—A possible virulence factor

    • Madhavi Kamireddi
    • Prasad Reddy

    Tuberculosis Pages: 63 - 65

27. Evaluation of routine laboratory methods in the diagnosis of tubercular lymphadenitis

    • P. Narang
    • Rahul Narang
    • S. Nayar

    Tuberculosis Pages: 66 - 67

28. Mycobacterium tuberculosis 38kDa antigen and its encoding gene-experience in diagnostic applications

    • G. V. Kadival
    • C. D. D’souza
    • A. M. Samuel

    Tuberculosis Pages: 68 - 71

29. Trifluoperazine and CEF-allicin from garlic (Allium sativum) as potential new antitubercular drugs active against drug resistantMycobacterium tuberculosis

    • P. S. Murthy
    • P. Ratnakar
    • R. L. Gupta

    Tuberculosis Pages: 72 - 75

30. Role of immunotherapy in the treatment of tuberculosis

    • Murthy K. J. R.
    • Vijaya Lakshmi V.
    • Singh S.

    Tuberculosis Pages: 76 - 79

31. Protective efficacy of mycobacterial 71 kilodalton cell wall associated protein using poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles as carrier vehicles

    • Neelam Dhiman
    • G. K. Khuller

    Tuberculosis Pages: 80 - 82

32. Genotypic detection of mutations in rifampicin resistant clinical isolates ofMycobacterium tuberculosis

    • L. M. Srivastava
    • Madhu Khanna
    • R. C. Jain

    Tuberculosis Pages: 83 - 85

33. DNA binding protein of mycobacteria and human immune response

    • H. K. Prasad
    • S. Prabhakar
    • Manoj Raje

    Tuberculosis Pages: 86 - 88

34. Effect of adverse environmental conditions onMycobacterium leprae

    • K. V. Desikan
    • Sreevatsa

    Leprosy Pages: 89 - 92

35. Serodiagnostic tests for leprosy

    • U. Sengupta

    Leprosy Pages: 93 - 96

36. Cultivation ofMycobacterium leprae in artificial culture medium

    • S. K. Biswas

    Leprosy Pages: 97 - 99

37. Polymorphic MHC molecules dictate cytokine profile and clinical disease in mycobacterial diseases

    • N. K. Mehra
    • D. K. Mitra
    • R. Rajalingam

    Leprosy Pages: 100 - 100

38. Immuno-polymerase chain reaction for detection ofAspergillus fumigatus

    • P. Usha Sarma
    • Nivedita Bir
    • Prasad Reddy

    Aspergillosis & Water Borne Diseases Pages: 101 - 106

39. Elisa based diagnostic test for Aspergillosis

    • G. L. Sharma
    • P. Usha Sarma

    Aspergillosis & Water Borne Diseases Pages: 107 - 110

40. Detection of enteropathogens by PCR

    • Hemant J. Purohit
    • Atya Kapley
    • Purushottam Khanna

    Aspergillosis & Water Borne Diseases Pages: 111 - 114