| htlv-i, hiv-i, and hepatitis b and c viruses in western province, papua new guinea: a serological survey. | seven hundred and twenty-three serum samples from individuals in 13 gidra-speaking villages in western province, papua new guinea were tested for evidence of infection with human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i), human immunodeficiency virus type i (hiv-i), hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv). no samples were positive for antibodies to hiv-i. antibodies to htlv-i were found in 13 samples (1.8%), hbv surface antigens (hbsag) were found in 86 samples (11.9%), and antibodies to ... | 1993 | 7690354 |
| infection frequency of hepatitis c virus and il28b haplotypes in papua new guinea, fiji, and kiribati. | it has been estimated that there are more than 60 million hepatitis c virus (hcv) carriers in the world health organisation's western pacific region (who-wpr), where liver cancer is among the top three causes of cancer death. who and the us centres for disease control and prevention report the prevalence of hcv in the south pacific islands (countries within the who-wpr) to be high (5-10% and >2% respectively). however, since hcv is not tested for in many of these countries, there is sparse data ... | 2013 | 23976941 |