[Leish-l] inquiry

[John David]

Dear KP,
You should talk (email) with Abhay Satoskar who is carrying out a  
trial in India and has talked with an official at WHO who is   
interested in a multi-center study which would be needed for the WHO  
to recommend the heat Rx.  Abhay can give you details.
John


On Jun 6, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Chang, Kwang-Poo wrote:

> Any chance to make it available for additional trials elsewhere ?
>
> I recall your statement in our conversation about the advantage of  
> this instrument over the heating lamp. That is to maintain the  
> specific elevated temperature uniformly throughout the skin lesion  
> for a sustained period. The 50 C must be the effective temperature  
> that has been experimentally determined. It seems to be a tolerable  
> temperature to human skin ?  Dr. Sharma may comment on this  
> medically as a dermatologist ?
>
> KP
>
> From: John David [mailto:jdavid at hsph.harvard.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 11:18 PM
> To: Chang, Kwang-Poo
> Cc: Sharmanl; Satoskar, Abhay; Raj; Petr Volf; leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br 
> ; hgoto at usp.br; elfadil_abass at yahoo.com; vishwamohan_katoch at yahoo.co.in
> Subject: Re: [Leish-l] inquiry
>
> The Themomed instrument shown below can produce accurate 50 degrees  
> C  plus or minus 0.2 degrees temperature by radio wave.
> from Themorsurgery Technologies. Picture below.
> Two papers of a trial in Brazil and one in Afghanistan on CL below.

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