| complex patterns of malaria epidemiology in the highlands region of papua new guinea. | a cross-sectional malaria survey of the pabrabuk area in the western highlands province found that all 4 human malaria species were present in a single village, with an overall parasite prevalence rate of 27%. plasmodium falciparum was the most frequently detected infection (14%) followed by p. vivax (11%), p. malariae (5%) and p. ovale (3%). 10 of the 51 infections were mixed. anopheles punctulatus was the most frequent vector species in the area, but both an. farauti no. 6 and an. karwari were ... | 2002 | 12968790 |