| symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in papua new guinea. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection was first detected in papua new guinea (png) in 1987. by august 1995 a total of 323 persons had been diagnosed as hiv antibody positive nationwide and seroprevalence rates were climbing. this study was prompted by a lack of data on the clinical syndromes associated with hiv infection in melanesian adults. | 1996 | 9028508 |
| cryptococcus neoformans in papua new guinea: a common pathogen but an elusive source. | around port moresby, papua new guinea (png), the annual incidence of cryptococcal meningitis is estimated to be up to 42.8 per million population; cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii is the predominant causative agent. in australia and california, environmental isolations have established an ecological association of c. neoformans var. gattii with eucalyptus camaldulensis, e. tereticornis, and more recently e. rudis and e. gomphcephala. in png few e. camaldulensis survive experimental planting, ... | 1997 | 9467113 |
| cryptococcal meningitis (c. neoformans var. gattii) leading to blindness in previously healthy melanesian adults in papua new guinea. | cryptococcal meningitis is a common cause of chronic meningitis in papua new guinea, affecting apparently immunocompetent people. the majority of infections are believed to be due to cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii. we have reviewed the records of 49 melanesian adults who presented with proven cryptococcal meningitis to the university teaching hospital in port moresby, and compare our findings with other published studies of cryptococcal meningitis in the tropics and sub-tropics. none of the ... | 1994 | 8041866 |