title: [Our role in sentinel surveillance for drug resistance in leprosy by global leprosy programme].
abstract: Sentinel surveillance for drug resistance in leprosy by global leprosy programme has launched in 2006. Possible contribution of Japanese researchers to global leprosy control in the future were discussed on the base of circumstances of the project and our assignment in the sueveillance.
authors.affiliation: Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. matsuoka@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051379:Mice; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000187:drug effects*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents