"Papua New Guinea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A country consisting of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands, including New Britain, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, and New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka in the northern Solomon Islands; the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands; Woodlark (Murua) Island; and the Louisiade Archipelago. It became independent on September 16, 1975. Formerly, the southern part was the Australian Territory of Papua, and the northern part was the UN Trust Territory of New Guinea, administered by Australia. They were administratively merged in 1949 and named Papua and New Guinea, and renamed Papua New Guinea in 1971.
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D010219
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760.590.715
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Papua New Guinea" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2020 Oct-Dec; 11(4):6-9.
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Mathematical modelling of the impact of expanding levels of malaria control interventions on Plasmodium vivax. Nat Commun. 2018 08 17; 9(1):3300.
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Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection dynamics: re-infections, recrudescences and relapses. Malar J. 2018 Apr 17; 17(1):170.
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Human immunodeficiency virus status disclosure and education for children and adolescents in Papua New Guinea. J Paediatr Child Health. 2018 07; 54(7):728-734.
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Identification of highly-protective combinations of Plasmodium vivax recombinant proteins for vaccine development. Elife. 2017 09 26; 6.
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Naturally acquired antibody responses to more than 300 Plasmodium vivax proteins in three geographic regions. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Sep; 11(9):e0005888.
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Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in children with presumed pulmonary tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2018 05; 38(2):97-105.
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An Antibody Screen of a Plasmodium vivax Antigen Library Identifies Novel Merozoite Proteins Associated with Clinical Protection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 05; 10(5):e0004639.
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Different Regions of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte-Binding Antigen 175 Induce Antibody Responses to Infection of Varied Efficacy. J Infect Dis. 2016 07 01; 214(1):96-104.
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Severe malnutrition in children in Papua New Guinea: effect of a multi-faceted intervention to improve quality of care and nutritional outcomes. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2017 Feb; 37(1):21-28.