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Strongyloides Fulleborni-Like Infections in Man in Papua New Guinea
Allan Kelly
Allan Kelly
Institute of Medical Research, Papua New Guinea, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, School of Medicine, The Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
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M. D. Little
M. D. Little
Institute of Medical Research, Papua New Guinea, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, School of Medicine, The Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
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Marietta Voge
Marietta Voge
Institute of Medical Research, Papua New Guinea, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, School of Medicine, The Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
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During the course of a survey of intestinal parasites among the inhabitants of villages along the Fly River in the Kiunga region of Papua New Guinea, eggs of a Strongyloides species were found in the feces of several persons. In subsequent studies, 93 (17.8%) of 520 persons examined from five villages were found to be infected with this parasite. The examination of parasitic and free-living stages of the worm revealed that it is very similar to S. fulleborni, a parasite of monkeys, baboons and apes in Africa and Asia, although a definitive identification could not be made with the material available. Since non-human primates have apparently never inhabitated New Guinea, the origin of these S. fulleborni-like infections is unknown.
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