| viruses associated with acute lower respiratory tract infections in children from the eastern highlands of papua new guinea (1983-1985). | this study, conducted at goroka hospital from january 1983 to june 1985, examined the viruses identified in nasopharyngeal aspirates (npa) and urines collected from 716 hospitalised children with moderate or severe pneumonia, in npa from 170 children with mild pneumonia treated as outpatients and in npa from a control group of 428 children attending the outpatient department of goroka hospital suffering from minor ailments other than upper or lower respiratory tract infections. one or more virus ... | 1990 | 1963705 |
| an outbreak of influenza a in the highlands of papua new guinea. | in december 1982 and the early months of 1983, there was increased reporting of influenza-like illness from hospitals and health centres across the highlands region of papua new guinea. during this period, which fell in the highland wet season, influenza a viruses were isolated in routine surveillance specimens from a population of monitored children in the goroka area in the eastern highlands. influenza a viruses were also isolated in the investigation of a nearby rural outbreak of influenza-li ... | 1984 | 6390706 |