IAL Textbook of Leprosy, 2e (True PDF)

India is not only the home of the largest leprosy problem in the world, but is also the largest center of leprosy work and leprosy research. Generations of Indian leprologists have contributed towards the scientific understanding of the disease, its manifestations, etiology and epidemiology, diagnostic issues, various complications, therapeutic challenges, rehabilitation problems as well as disease control/elimination strategies. The textbook “IAL Textbook of Leprosy”, through its contributions, very effectively addresses all the challenges currently faced by leprosy work in all its detail, and provides a comprehensive understanding of the disease to the leprologists working exclusively in leprosy, to the dermatologists who are increasingly taking full responsibility for the care of leprosy patients as well to the postgraduate students in various fields who come across leprosy in the course of their work. This textbook is divided into 9 sections and comprises of total 54 chapter. The main objective of the current edition is to provide clinicians, researchers and everyone associated with leprosy, insights into the latest research and developments on the subject all over the world, and access to an updated and organized database of information. The text has undergone a significant revision to incorporate the advances in the many areas that further our understanding of the disease, particularly in relation to its immunology, genetics and host susceptibility, drug resistance, molecular diagnostics, reactions and biology of Mycobacterium leprae, unraveling the immunopathogenic basis of some of the major components of the disease presentation.