| high prevalence of neisseria gonorrhoeae and multiple sexually transmitted diseases among rural women in the eastern highlands province of papua new guinea, detected by polymerase chain reaction. | in a previous community-based study among rural women in the eastern highlands province (ehp) of papua new guinea we determined that the prevalences of trichomonas vaginalis infection, chlamydia trachomatis infection, and syphilis were 46%, 26%, and 4%, respectively. surprisingly, however, the prevalence of neisseria gonorrhoeae infection was only 1%, which we considered low in consideration of the high prevalence of other sexually transmitted diseases (stds). the aim of the current study was to ... | 2002 | 12466719 |
| metronidazole resistance in trichomonas vaginalis from highland women in papua new guinea. | the prevalence of the sexually transmissible protozoan parasite trichomonas vaginalis in the highlands of papua new guinea (png) has been reported to be as high as 46% and although not previously studied in papua new guinea, clinical resistance against metronidazole (mz), the drug most commonly used to treat trichomoniasis, is well documented worldwide. this study was primarily aimed at assessing resistance to mz in t. vaginalis strains from the goroka region. | 2009 | 19917203 |