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Recent Publications

Kaplan G, Sampajo EP, Walsh GP, et al. Influence of Mycobacterium leprae and its soluble products on the cutaneous responsiveness of leprosy patients to antigen and recombinant interleukin 2. Proc NatI Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:6269-73.

Clark Curtiss JE, Walsh GP. Conservation of genomic sequences among isolates of Mycobacterium leprae. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:4844-51.

Walsh DS, Guido LS, Fajardo TT. The treatment of leprosy: a brief history and current chemotherapeutic guidelines. Med Sci Res 1989; 194:271-273.

Baskin GB, Gormus BJ, Martin LN, Murphey Corb M, Walsh GP, Meyers WM. Pathology of dual Mycobacterium leprae and simian immunodeficiency virus infection in rhesus monkeys. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1990; 58:358-64.

Gormus BJ, Xu K, Meyers WM, Walsh GP, Levis WR, Meeker HC. Antibodies to lipoarabinomannan antigen in sooty mangabey monkeys experimentally inoculated with Mycobacterium leprae. IntJ Lepr 1990; 58:65-72.

Hussein N, Ostler B, Gormus BJ, Wolf R, Walsh GP. Intraocular pressure changes and postural changes of intraocular pressure in experimentally induced Hansen’s disease of rhesus, mangabey, and African green monkeys. Br J Ophthalmol 1990; 74:647-9.

Cellona RV, Fajardo TT, Jr., Kim Dl, et al. Joint chemotherapy trials in lepromatous leprosy conducted in Thailand, the Philippines, and Korea. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1990; 58:1 - 11.

Cellona RV, Fajardo TT, Kim D, et al. Joint chemotherapy trials in lepromatous leprosy conducted in Thailand, The Philippines, and Korea. Int J Lepr 1990; 58:1-11.

Cho SN, Cellona RV, Fajardo TT, Jr., et al. Detection of phenolic glycolipid-l antigen and antibody in sera from new and relapsed lepromatous patients treated with various drug regimens. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1991; 59:25-31.

Baskin GB, Gormus BJ, Xu K, et al. Experimental borderline lepromatous leprosy with intraneural erythema nodosum leprosum in a mangabey monkey (Cercocebus atys). Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1991; 59:618-23.

Meyers WM, Gormus BJ, Walsh GP, Baskin GB, Hubbard GB. Naturally acquired and experimental leprosy in nonhuman primates. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1991; 44:24-7.

Park JY, Cho SN, Youn JK, et al. Detection of antibodies to human nerve antigens in sera from leprosy patients by ELISA. Clin Exp Immunol 1992; 87:368-72.

Cho SN, Kim SH, Cellona RV, et al. Prevalence of 1gM antibodies to phenolic glycolipid I among household contacts and controls in Korea and the Philippines. Lepr Rev 1992; 63:12-20.

Douglas JT, Steven LM, Hirsch DS, et al. Evaluation of four semi-synthetic Mycobacterium leprae antigens with sera from healthy populations in endemic and non-endemic areas. Lepr Rev 1992; 63:199-210.

Kaplan G, Walsh G, Guido LS, et al. Novel responses of human skin to intradermal recombinant granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor: Langerhans cell recruitment, keratinocyte growth, and enhanced wound healing. J Exp Med 1992; 75:1717-28.

Meyers WM, Gormus BJ, Walsh GP. Nonhuman sources of leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1992; 60:477-80.

Yoon KH, Cho SN, Lee MK, et al. Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction amplification of Mycobacterium leprae-specific repetitive sequence in biopsy specimens from leprosy patients. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:895-9.

Cellona RV, Walsh GP, Fajardo TT, Jr., et al. Cross-sectional assessment of ELISA reactivity in leprosy patients, contacts, and normal population using the semisynthetic antigen natural disaccharide octyl bovine serum albumin (ND-O-BSA) in Cebu, The Philippines. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1993; 61:192-8.

Cho SN, Gormus BJ, Xu K, et al. Serologic responses to nerve antigens in sooty mangabey monkeys with experimental leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1993; 61:236-44.

Wang X, Golkar L, Uyemura K, et al. T cells bearing V beta 6 T cell receptors in the cell-mediated immune response to Mycobacterium leprae. J Immunol 1993; 151:7105-16.

Braunstein 5, Kaplan G, Gottlieb AB, et al. GM-CSF activates regenerative epidermal growth and stimulates keratinocyte proliferation in human skin in vivo. J Invest Dermatol 1994; 103:601-4.

Gormus BJ, Xu K, Cho SN, et al. Experimental leprosy in monkeys. II. Longitudinal serological observations in sooty mangabey monkeys. Lepr Rev 1995; 66:105-25.

Fajardo TT, Jr., Villahermosa LG, dela Cruz EC, Abalos RM, Franzblau SG, Walsh GP. Minocycline in lepromatous leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1995; 63:8-17.

Zhou HM, Shi AR, Mukherjee A, Walsh GP, Frankel SS, Meyers WM. Ultrastructure of normal armadillo epidermis. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1996; 64:159-65.

Walsh GP, Tan EV, dela Cruz EC, et al. The Philippine cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fasicularis) provides a new nonhuman primate model of tuberculosis that resembles human disease. Nat Med 1996; 2:430-6.

van der Vliet GM, Cho SN, Kampirapap K, et al. Use of NASBA RNA amplification for detection of Mycobacterium leprae in skin biopsies from untreated and treated leprosy patients. Int J Lepr 1996; 64:396-403.

dela Cruz E, Cellona RV, Balagon MV, et al. Primary dapsone resistance in Cebu, The Philippines; cause for concern. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1996; 64:253-6.

Villahermosa LG, Abalos RM, Walsh DS, Fajardo Fr, Walsh GP. Recombinant interleukin-2 in lepromatous leprosy lesions: immunological and microbiological consequences. Clin Exp Dermatol 1997; 22:134-40.

Walsh DS, Balagon MV, Abalos RM, et al. Multiple lesions of sporotrichoid leishmaniasis in a Filipino expatriate. J Am Acad Dermatol 1997; 36:847-9.

Gormus BJ, Xu K, Baskin GB, Martin LN, Bohm RP, Jr., Blanchard JL, Mack PA, Ratterree MS, Meyers WM, Walsh GP. Experimental leprosy in rhesus monkeys: transmission, susceptibility, clinical and immunological findings. Lepr Rev 1998; 69:235-45.

Gormus BJ, Baskin GB, Xu K, Bohm RP, Mack PA, Ratterree MS, Cho SN, Meyers WM, Walsh GP. Protective immunization of monkeys with BCG or BCG plus heat-killed Mycobacterium leprae: clinical results. Lepr Rev 1998; 69:6-23.

Moreira AL, Kaplan G, Villahermosa LG, Fajardo TJ, Abalos RM, Cellona RV, Balagon MV, Tan EV, Walsh GP. Comparison of pentoxifylline, thalidomide and prednisone in the treatment of ENL [letter]. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1998; 66:61-5.

Fajardo TT, Abalos RM, Dela Cruz EC, Villahermosa LG, Walsh DS, Cellona RV, Tan EV, Balagon MV, Walsh GP. Clofazimine therapy for lepromatous leprosy: a historical perspective. Int J Dermatol 1999; 38:70-74.

Villahermosa LG, Walsh DS, Fajardo TT, Abalos RM, dela Cruz EC, Veerasubramanian P, Walsh GP. Resolution of lepromatous leprosy after a short course of amoxicillin/ clavulanic acid, followed by ofloxacin/clofazimine. Int J Dermatol 1999; 38 558-560.

Hamerlinck FFV, Klatser PR, Walsh DS, Bos JD, Walsh GP, Faber WR. Serum neopterin as a marker for reactional states in leprosy. FEMS Immunol Clin Microbiol 1999; 24:405-409.

Balagon MVF, Cellona RV, Fajardo Fr, Villahermosa LG, Abalos RM, Tan EV, Walsh DS, Dela Cruz EC, Walsh GP. Detection of new leprosy cases at a walk-in skin clinic in Cebu City, Philippines highlights surveillance. Int J Dermatol 1999; 38: 796-797.

Walsh DS, Meyers WM, Krieg RE, Walsh GP. Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans to the nine-banded armadillo. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999; 61:694-697.

Balagon MV, Walsh DS, Tan PL, Cellona RV, Abalos RM, Tan EV, Fajardo TT, Watson JD, Walsh GP. Improvement in psoriasis after intradermal administration of heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae. Int J Dermatol (in press).

Walsh DS, Villahermosa LG, Fajardo TT, Balagon MV, Cellona R, Tan EV, Walsh GP. Cutaneous DTH responsiveness in lepromatous and borderline lepromatous leprosy patients as determined by MULTITEST CMI. Southeast Asian J Trop Med and Pub Hyg (in press).

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	Kaplan G, Sampajo EP, Walsh GP, et al. Influence of Mycobacterium leprae and its soluble products on the cutaneous responsiveness of leprosy patients to antigen and recombinant interleukin 2. Proc NatI Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:6269-73. Clark Curtiss JE, Walsh GP. Conservation of genomic sequences among isolates of Mycobacterium leprae. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:4844-51. Walsh DS, Guido LS, Fajardo TT. The treatment of leprosy: a brief history and current chemotherapeutic guidelines. Med Sci Res 1989; 194:271-273. Baskin GB, Gormus BJ, Martin LN, Murphey Corb M, Walsh GP, Meyers WM. Pathology of dual Mycobacterium leprae and simian immunodeficiency virus infection in rhesus monkeys. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1990; 58:358-64. Gormus BJ, Xu K, Meyers WM, Walsh GP, Levis WR, Meeker HC. Antibodies to lipoarabinomannan antigen in sooty mangabey monkeys experimentally inoculated with Mycobacterium leprae. IntJ Lepr 1990; 58:65-72. Hussein N, Ostler B, Gormus BJ, Wolf R, Walsh GP. Intraocular pressure changes and postural changes of intraocular pressure in experimentally induced Hansen’s disease of rhesus, mangabey, and African green monkeys. Br J Ophthalmol 1990; 74:647-9. Cellona RV, Fajardo TT, Jr., Kim Dl, et al. Joint chemotherapy trials in lepromatous leprosy conducted in Thailand, the Philippines, and Korea. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1990; 58:1 - 11. Cellona RV, Fajardo TT, Kim D, et al. Joint chemotherapy trials in lepromatous leprosy conducted in Thailand, The Philippines, and Korea. Int J Lepr 1990; 58:1-11. Cho SN, Cellona RV, Fajardo TT, Jr., et al. Detection of phenolic glycolipid-l antigen and antibody in sera from new and relapsed lepromatous patients treated with various drug regimens. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1991; 59:25-31. Baskin GB, Gormus BJ, Xu K, et al. Experimental borderline lepromatous leprosy with intraneural erythema nodosum leprosum in a mangabey monkey (Cercocebus atys). Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1991; 59:618-23. Meyers WM, Gormus BJ, Walsh GP, Baskin GB, Hubbard GB. Naturally acquired and experimental leprosy in nonhuman primates. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1991; 44:24-7. Park JY, Cho SN, Youn JK, et al. Detection of antibodies to human nerve antigens in sera from leprosy patients by ELISA. Clin Exp Immunol 1992; 87:368-72. Cho SN, Kim SH, Cellona RV, et al. Prevalence of 1gM antibodies to phenolic glycolipid I among household contacts and controls in Korea and the Philippines. Lepr Rev 1992; 63:12-20. Douglas JT, Steven LM, Hirsch DS, et al. Evaluation of four semi-synthetic Mycobacterium leprae antigens with sera from healthy populations in endemic and non-endemic areas. Lepr Rev 1992; 63:199-210. Kaplan G, Walsh G, Guido LS, et al. Novel responses of human skin to intradermal recombinant granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor: Langerhans cell recruitment, keratinocyte growth, and enhanced wound healing. J Exp Med 1992; 75:1717-28. Meyers WM, Gormus BJ, Walsh GP. Nonhuman sources of leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1992; 60:477-80. Yoon KH, Cho SN, Lee MK, et al. Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction amplification of Mycobacterium leprae-specific repetitive sequence in biopsy specimens from leprosy patients. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:895-9. Cellona RV, Walsh GP, Fajardo TT, Jr., et al. Cross-sectional assessment of ELISA reactivity in leprosy patients, contacts, and normal population using the semisynthetic antigen natural disaccharide octyl bovine serum albumin (ND-O-BSA) in Cebu, The Philippines. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1993; 61:192-8. Cho SN, Gormus BJ, Xu K, et al. Serologic responses to nerve antigens in sooty mangabey monkeys with experimental leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1993; 61:236-44. Wang X, Golkar L, Uyemura K, et al. T cells bearing V beta 6 T cell receptors in the cell-mediated immune response to Mycobacterium leprae. J Immunol 1993; 151:7105-16. Braunstein 5, Kaplan G, Gottlieb AB, et al. GM-CSF activates regenerative epidermal growth and stimulates keratinocyte proliferation in human skin in vivo. J Invest Dermatol 1994; 103:601-4. Gormus BJ, Xu K, Cho SN, et al. Experimental leprosy in monkeys. II. Longitudinal serological observations in sooty mangabey monkeys. Lepr Rev 1995; 66:105-25. Fajardo TT, Jr., Villahermosa LG, dela Cruz EC, Abalos RM, Franzblau SG, Walsh GP. Minocycline in lepromatous leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1995; 63:8-17. Zhou HM, Shi AR, Mukherjee A, Walsh GP, Frankel SS, Meyers WM. Ultrastructure of normal armadillo epidermis. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1996; 64:159-65. Walsh GP, Tan EV, dela Cruz EC, et al. The Philippine cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fasicularis) provides a new nonhuman primate model of tuberculosis that resembles human disease. Nat Med 1996; 2:430-6. van der Vliet GM, Cho SN, Kampirapap K, et al. Use of NASBA RNA amplification for detection of Mycobacterium leprae in skin biopsies from untreated and treated leprosy patients. Int J Lepr 1996; 64:396-403. dela Cruz E, Cellona RV, Balagon MV, et al. Primary dapsone resistance in Cebu, The Philippines; cause for concern. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1996; 64:253-6. Villahermosa LG, Abalos RM, Walsh DS, Fajardo Fr, Walsh GP. Recombinant interleukin-2 in lepromatous leprosy lesions: immunological and microbiological consequences. Clin Exp Dermatol 1997; 22:134-40. Walsh DS, Balagon MV, Abalos RM, et al. Multiple lesions of sporotrichoid leishmaniasis in a Filipino expatriate. J Am Acad Dermatol 1997; 36:847-9. Gormus BJ, Xu K, Baskin GB, Martin LN, Bohm RP, Jr., Blanchard JL, Mack PA, Ratterree MS, Meyers WM, Walsh GP. Experimental leprosy in rhesus monkeys: transmission, susceptibility, clinical and immunological findings. Lepr Rev 1998; 69:235-45. Gormus BJ, Baskin GB, Xu K, Bohm RP, Mack PA, Ratterree MS, Cho SN, Meyers WM, Walsh GP. Protective immunization of monkeys with BCG or BCG plus heat-killed Mycobacterium leprae: clinical results. Lepr Rev 1998; 69:6-23. Moreira AL, Kaplan G, Villahermosa LG, Fajardo TJ, Abalos RM, Cellona RV, Balagon MV, Tan EV, Walsh GP. Comparison of pentoxifylline, thalidomide and prednisone in the treatment of ENL [letter]. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1998; 66:61-5. Fajardo TT, Abalos RM, Dela Cruz EC, Villahermosa LG, Walsh DS, Cellona RV, Tan EV, Balagon MV, Walsh GP. Clofazimine therapy for lepromatous leprosy: a historical perspective. Int J Dermatol 1999; 38:70-74. Villahermosa LG, Walsh DS, Fajardo TT, Abalos RM, dela Cruz EC, Veerasubramanian P, Walsh GP. Resolution of lepromatous leprosy after a short course of amoxicillin/ clavulanic acid, followed by ofloxacin/clofazimine. Int J Dermatol 1999; 38 558-560. Hamerlinck FFV, Klatser PR, Walsh DS, Bos JD, Walsh GP, Faber WR. Serum neopterin as a marker for reactional states in leprosy. FEMS Immunol Clin Microbiol 1999; 24:405-409. Balagon MVF, Cellona RV, Fajardo Fr, Villahermosa LG, Abalos RM, Tan EV, Walsh DS, Dela Cruz EC, Walsh GP. Detection of new leprosy cases at a walk-in skin clinic in Cebu City, Philippines highlights surveillance. Int J Dermatol 1999; 38: 796-797. Walsh DS, Meyers WM, Krieg RE, Walsh GP. Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans to the nine-banded armadillo. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999; 61:694-697. Balagon MV, Walsh DS, Tan PL, Cellona RV, Abalos RM, Tan EV, Fajardo TT, Watson JD, Walsh GP. Improvement in psoriasis after intradermal administration of heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae. Int J Dermatol (in press). Walsh DS, Villahermosa LG, Fajardo TT, Balagon MV, Cellona R, Tan EV, Walsh GP. Cutaneous DTH responsiveness in lepromatous and borderline lepromatous leprosy patients as determined by MULTITEST CMI. Southeast Asian J Trop Med and Pub Hyg (in press).