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Melioidosis in Papua New Guinea and Oceania [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
Melioidosis has only been sporadically reported throughout Melanesia and the Pacific region since the first report from Guam in 1946; therefore, its contribution to the disease burden in this region is largely unknown. However, the outcome of a small number of active surveillance programs, serological surveys, and presumptive imported cases identified ...
Jeffrey Warner, Bart Currie
openaire   +5 more sources

Blood-Stage Parasitaemia and Age Determine Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax Gametocytaemia in Papua New Guinea

PLoS ONE, 2015
A better understanding of human-to-mosquito transmission is crucial to control malaria. In order to assess factors associated with gametocyte carriage, 2083 samples were collected in a cross-sectional survey in Papua New Guinea.
C. Koepfli, L. Robinson, Patricia Rarau, M. Salib, Naomi Sambale, Rahel Wampfler, I. Betuela, Wang Nuitragool, A. Barry, P. Siba, I. Felger, I. Mueller   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Osmoxylon‐like fossils from early Eocene South America: West Gondwana–Malesia connections in Araliaceae

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Araliaceae comprise a moderately diverse, predominantly tropical angiosperm family with a limited fossil record. Gondwanan history of Araliaceae is hypothesized in the literature, but no fossils have previously been reported from the former supercontinent.
Peter Wilf
wiley   +1 more source

Papua New Guinea terrestrial‐vertebrate richness: elevation matters most for all except reptiles

, 2017
To examine species richness patterns in Papua New Guinea's terrestrial vertebrates and test for geographical congruence between the four classes, and between lizard and snake subgroups.
Oliver Tallowin, A. Allison, A. Algar, F. Kraus, Shai Meiri   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of malaria across Papua New Guinea after initial roll‐out of insecticide‐treated mosquito nets

Tropical medicine & international health, 2015
To assess the population prevalence of malaria in villages across Papua New Guinea (PNG) following the first roll‐out of free long‐lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN).
M. Hetzel, Hector Morris, Nandao Tarongka, Celine Barnadas, J. Pulford, L. Makita, P. Siba, I. Mueller   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transparency or Map‐Washing? Digital Geospatial Visualisation Tools in the Palm Oil Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We introduce the notion of map‐washing and ask whether digital geospatial visualisation (DGV) tools distort information or provide greater supply chain transparency. Map‐washing explains a process of disclosing spatial information that has little or no value to the intended users, but rather creates, conforms to or distorts a particular ...
Rory Padfield, Suzana Matoh, Adam Tyson, Chee Wong, Gemma Bridge, Alexandra Dales   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimum plot and sample sizes for carbon stock and biodiversity estimation in the lowland tropical forests of Papua New Guinea

, 2016
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome 00153, Italy Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, P. le A. Moro 5, Rome 00185, Italy Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute, PO
G. Grussu, R. Testolin, S. Saulei, A. Farcomeni, Cossey K. Yosi, M. Sanctis, F. Attorre   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk factors for malaria and adverse birth outcomes in a prospective cohort of pregnant women resident in a high malaria transmission area of Papua New Guinea.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015
BACKGROUND Low birth weight (LBW), anaemia and malaria are common in Papua New Guinean women. METHODS To identify risk factors for LBW, anaemia and preterm delivery (PTD), pregnant women recruited into a cohort study in Madang, Papua New Guinea, were ...
D. Stanisic, K. Moore, Francesca S. Baiwog, Alice Ura, C. Clapham, C. King, P. Siba, J. Beeson, I. Mueller, F. Fowkes, S. Rogerson   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of Haemophilus ducreyi Strain AUSPNG1, Isolated from a Cutaneous Ulcer of a Child from Papua New Guinea. [PDF]

, 2016
Haemophilus ducreyi has recently emerged as a leading cause of cutaneous ulcers in the yaws-endemic areas of Papua New Guinea and other South Pacific islands. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the H.
Gangaiah, Dharanesh, Marinov, Georgi K., Roberts, Sally A., Robson, Jenny, Spinola, Stanley M.   +4 more
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Risk factors and pregnancy outcomes associated with placental malaria in a prospective cohort of Papua New Guinean women

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Plasmodium falciparum in pregnancy results in substantial poor health outcomes for both mother and child, particularly in young, primigravid mothers who are at greatest risk of placental malaria (PM) infection.
Elvin Lufele, Alexandra Umbers, Jaume Ordi, Maria Ome-Kaius, Regina Wangnapi, Holger Unger, Nandao Tarongka, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller, Leanne Robinson, Stephen Rogerson   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source