Publications

human herpesvirus-8 and other viral infections, papua new guinea.	we studied residents of remote villages and the capital (port moresby) of papua new guinea to determine the distribution of human herpesvirus-8 (hhv-8) infection. our data suggest that hhv-8 has been endemic on the island for a long time and that the epidemiologic pattern of hhv-8 is more similar to that of herpes simplex virus-2 than hepatitis c virus.	2001	11747707
epstein-barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma in papua new guinea.	using in situ hybridization assay, we examined epstein-barr virus (ebv) encoded rna (eber) expression in 66 cases of oral cancer, 40 esophageal cancer cases, 150 stomach cancer cases, and 46 colorectal cancer cases diagnosed in the pathology department of port moresby general hospital, university of papua new guinea during the period between 1986-2002. there were no malignancies with positive eber expression except for the following two male stomach cancer cases: a male case with a gastric carci ...	2004	15492798