Publications

are insecticide-treated bednets more protective against plasmodium falciparum than plasmodium vivax-infected mosquitoes?	the outcomes of insecticide-treated bednet (itn) interventions for malaria control in papua new guinea tend to suggest a differential protective effect against plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax. little is known about the impact of itns on the relative abundance of mosquitoes infected with either p. falciparum or p. vivax. this paper describes the biting cycle of p. falciparum and p. vivax-infected mosquitoes and the impact of an itn intervention on the proportion of mosquitoes infected ...	2006	16504027
the epidemiology and control of lymphatic filariasis on lihir island, new ireland province.	clinical, parasitological and entomological surveys performed in 9 villages on lihir island, papua new guinea, before mass treatment with diethylcarbamazine (dec), showed that lymphatic filariasis, caused by nocturnally periodic wuchereria bancrofti, was endemic in 8 of them. blood samples from 593 people revealed an overall microfilarial carrier rate of 24%. amongst endemic villages, microfilarial carrier rates ranged from 5% to 43% and there was no significant difference in parasite prevalence ...	2000	11939300