Publications

serological survey of human cysticercosis in irianese refugee camps in papua new guinea.	in 1984, over 10,000 refugees left the indonesian province of irian jaya, and thus possibly imported taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis into papua new guinea, which was believed to be free of t. solium until 1966. in a serological survey carried out in 1986, 50 refugees originating from areas endemic for t. solium and 171 patients from other areas with symptoms suggesting the possibility of cysticercosis were examined. as a sensitive prescreening technique an elisa was used with a crude antig ...	1990	1969703
focus of human trichinellosis in papua new guinea.	human trichinellosis and teniasis (taenia solium) are meat-borne helminthic infections with a wide distribution throughout the world. however, there is little information on the prevalence of these infections in papua new guinea. in 1999, serum samples were collected from 97 people in 6 villages in the remote bensbach area of papua new guinea. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and western blot analyses were used to detect anti-trichinella immunoglobulin (ig) g and anti-cysticercus igg in this po ...	2001	11716113