1Population Health and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia 2Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia 3School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia 4Departamento de Biomateriales y Materiales Bioinspirados, Instituto de Ciencia de Mat...

Papuan taipans (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni), death adders (Acanthophis spp.) and Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis papuanus) are the most dangerous snakes along the Papuan coastline. Although the Papuan blacksnake is rare, the Papuan taipan is very common in parts of Milne Bay, Central, Gulf and Western provinces, and is the commonest venomous snake implicated in cases of snakebite. Deaths adders...

Onychatrium gen. nov. is described, with five included species: Onychatrium forceps sp. nov., the type species and Onychatrium torosus sp. nov., both from the Great Barrier Reef; Onychatrium entale (Nordenstam, 1946) comb. nov., from Tapateuen (= Tabiteue Island), Gilbert Islands; Onychatrium thomasi (Bolstad & Kensley, 1999) comb. nov., from Madang, Papua New Guinea; and Onychatrium echiurum (...

The geocorine (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae) true bug genus Umbrageocoris Kóbor, 2019 is redefined based on new morphological information from newly acquired specimens. Two species are described: U. boonei sp. nov. continental Indomalaya and malipatili Australia; two combinations proposed: elegantulus (Distant, 1904), comb. , woodwardi (Malipatil, 1994), (both transferred Geoc...

Melioidosis is being increasingly recognized as an important cause of severe, acute community-acquired pneumonia in various tropical regions. The chronic form of melioidosis can also mimic tuberculosis. Studies have established that, while uncommon in the Port Moresby region, melioidosis is an important cause of pneumonia and sepsis in the Balimo region of Western Province. Phylogenetic analyse...

www.thelancet.com/lancetgh Vol 2 February 2014 e74 derived from the checklist on health research priority setting. A three-stage consultation process was developed to enable the inclusion of a broad range of different stakeholders. In stage one, four workshops of 1 day each were held. Each focused on a diff erent research domain: reproductive, maternal, and child health; communicable diseases; ...

A revision of Scalopidia Stimpson, 1858 (Brachyura: Goneplacoidea: Scalopidiidae) has resulted in the description of two new species of Scalopidia from the Indian Ocean and Papua New Guinea, as well as a new genus and new species from Madagascar. The type species of Scalopidia, S. spinosipes Stimpson, 1858, is redescribed and Hypophthalmus leuchochirus Richters, in Lenz & Richters, 1881, is syn...

Onerunka longi n. gen., n. sp., a new member of Thanerocleridae (Thaneroclerinae: Thaneroclerini) is described from Papua New Guinea. The new genus is geographically isolated and morphologically distinct. It is probably related to Viticlerus Miyatake, 1977 from Fiji and Neoclerus Lewis, 1892 from south-eastern Asia. The tribe Viticlerini Winkler, 1982 is synonymized with Thaneroclerini Chapin, ...

Recognized melioidosis-endemic areas are widening. In the South Pacific, melioidosis is endemic in New Caledonia, northern Australia, and Papua New Guinea. We report the first 4 documented cases of human melioidosis from New Caledonia. Molecular typing of 2 Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates suggests a link to Australian strains.

New brominated fatty acids (3, 5-8, 10) and new sterol esters (14-16) have been isolated from an unidentified marine sponge collected in Papua New Guinea. Their structures were determined on the basis of their spectroscopic data. A major component of the marine sponge (1) was tested for activities against Arutemia salina and some fungi.