Papua New Guinea needs law and order above all

Donovanosis in Papua New Guinea.

Clinical and epidemiological observations on 87 cases of donovanosis seen at Port Moresby General Hospital are presented, with detailed reports of three cases in which the disease was more severe. The circumstances of infection described were consistent with venereal transmission. Chloramphenicol and gentamicin were effective in curing the disease, while streptomycin was found to be ineffective...

Leadership in Papua New Guinea

The unique context and challenges of leadership in Papua New Guinea are not adequately explained by the extant literature. This paper investigates the context of, and barriers to leadership, in Australia’s closest northern neighbour, as PNG attempts to actively participate in a dynamic, rapidly changing global environment. Historically, PNG is a diverse Nation of tribal societies organised on t...

Henipaviruses and Fruit Bats, Papua New Guinea

human respiratory syncytial viruses of subgroups A and B: extensive sequence divergence between antigenically related proteins. et al. New genotypes within respiratory syncytial virus group B genotype BA in Niigata, Japan. Circulation patterns of genetically distinct group A and B strains of human respiratory syncytial virus in a community. al. Major changes in the G protein of human respirator...

Commentary: Contrary findings from Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea.

The anopheline fauna of Papua New Guinea.

Surveys for anopheline mosquitoes were conducted throughout the mainland of Papua New Guinea from 1992 to 1998 with the aim of mapping the distribution of the anopheline fauna. Larval collections, adult trap, and human landing collections indicated the presence of seven species (other than those belonging to the Anopheles punctulatus group); these were An. bancroftii, An. annulipes, An, karwari...