title: Skin smears and the bacterial index (B) in multiple drug therapy leprosy control programs: an unsatisfactory and potentially hazardous state of affairs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Slade Hospital, Headington, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: McDougall
mesh_terms: D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000254:growth & development; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents