A neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccine trial in Papua New guinea: study population, methods and operational challenges [0.03%]
巴布亚新几内亚新生儿肺炎球菌结合疫苗试验：研究对象、方法及操作挑战
S Phuanukoonnon,J C Reeder,W S Pomat et al.
S Phuanukoonnon et al.
Infants in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are at a high risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, and a substantial burden of this falls on children less than six months old. PNG is planning to introduce a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for infants in...
Randomized Controlled Trial
Papua and New Guinea medical journal. 2010 Sep-Dec;53(3-4):191-206. DOI: 2010
Influenza in the Pacific [0.03%]
太平洋地区的流感疫情
Anne Kelso,Patrick C Reading
Anne Kelso
Influenza A and B viruses cause significant human disease worldwide through regular outbreaks and epidemics of seasonal influenza, and occasional pandemics when a novel influenza A virus emerges. Whereas Australia and New Zealand have well-...
Melioidosis--an uncommon but also under-recognized cause of pneumonia in Papua New Guinea [0.03%]
melioidosis--肺炎的一个不常见但常被忽视的原因:巴布亚新几内亚的情况分析
Jeffrey M Warner,Daniel B Pelowa,Bart J Currie
Jeffrey M Warner
Melioidosis is being increasingly recognized as an important cause of severe, acute community-acquired pneumonia in various tropical regions. The chronic form of melioidosis can also mimic tuberculosis. Studies have established that, while ...
Human immunodeficiency virus and respiratory disorders: clinical and diagnostic considerations [0.03%]
人类免疫缺陷病毒与呼吸系统疾病：临床及诊断注意事项
William John McBride,Andrew R Greenhill
William John McBride
Respiratory infections are a major health burden for the people of Papua New Guinea (PNG) who are positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the face of an ongoing HIV epidemic, little is known about the epidemiology and aetiology ...
Eileen M Dunne,Janet Montgomery,Tony Lupiwa et al.
Eileen M Dunne et al.
From 1985 to 1987, Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were collected from children under 5 years of age in the Asaro Valley, Papua New Guinea as part of a study on bacterial colonization and respiratory tract infections. Data on serogroup an...
The bacteriology of lower respiratory infections in Papua New Guinean and Australian indigenous children [0.03%]
巴布亚新几内亚和澳大利亚土著儿童下呼吸道感染的细菌学特点
Kim M Hare,Heidi C Smith-Vaughan,Amanda J Leach
Kim M Hare
Indigenous children in Australia and children in Papua New Guinea (PNG) share a high burden of respiratory disease. In PNG the focus has been on pneumonia as a major cause of mortality. While pneumonia incidence remains high in Australian I...
Allan W Cripps
Allan W Cripps
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a common microbe frequently isolated from the nasopharynx of children. Bacterial pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children less than 5 years of age, with the burden of dis...
Improving the aetiological diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in Papua New Guinea [0.03%]
改善巴布亚新几内亚细菌性肺炎和脑膜炎病因学诊断
Lea-Ann S Kirkham,Heidi C Smith-Vaughan,Andrew R Greenhill
Lea-Ann S Kirkham
Bacterial pneumonia and meningitis are major causes of childhood mortality in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Laboratory techniques for detection of bacterial pathogens have improved in the last decade, particularly molecular techniques that can be...
Oxygen supplies for hospitals in Papua New Guinea: a comparison of the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of methods for different settings [0.03%]
巴布亚新几内亚医院供氧方式的可行性及成本效益分析研究
Trevor Duke,David Peel,Francis Wandi et al.
Trevor Duke et al.
Oxygen therapy is essential in all wards, emergency departments and operating theatres of hospitals at all levels, and oxygen is life-saving. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), an effective oxygen system that improved the detection and treatment of...
Comparative Study
Papua and New Guinea medical journal. 2010 Sep-Dec;53(3-4):126-38. DOI: 2010
Robert Clancy
Robert Clancy
A collaborative program between the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Institute of Medical Research and the Hunter Mucosal Group has completed studies relevant to protection of the airways against bacterial infection. Specifically, these studies addre...