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Parasitic Infection of Man on Kar Kar Island, New Guinea

R. W. HornabrookPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Sydney, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Australia

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A. KellyPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Sydney, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Australia

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B. McMillanPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Sydney, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Australia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1975.24.590
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Volume 24: Issue 4
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590–595
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The prevalence of protozoan and helminth parasites of the intestinal tract in a Papua New Guinea island with a population of 16,800 was assessed by surveys of a series of randomly selected villages. There were significant differences in the severity of infection with these parasites between the two linguistic groups inhabiting the eastern and western halves of the island. Blood examinations for malaria and microfilariae also differed. It is thought that these differences reflect obscure microenvironmental factors in what would appear to be an epidemiologically homogeneous population.
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Copyright © 1975 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1975
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28 Sep 1974
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Jul 1975
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