"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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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2018 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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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Barriers and enablers experienced by health care workers in swabbing for COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea: A multi-methods cross-sectional study. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct; 110 Suppl 1:S17-S24.
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Transforming the health information system using mobile and geographic information technologies, Papua New Guinea. Bull World Health Organ. 2021 May 01; 99(5):381-387A.
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A comparison of non-magnetic and magnetic beads for measuring IgG antibodies against Plasmodium vivax antigens in a multiplexed bead-based assay using Luminex technology (Bio-Plex 200 or MAGPIX). PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0238010.
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Association between the spread of COVID-19 and weather-climatic parameters. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2020 08; 24(15):8226-8231.
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Investigation of the temporal roaming behaviour of free-roaming domestic dogs in Indigenous communities in northern Australia to inform rabies incursion preparedness. Sci Rep. 2019 10 17; 9(1):14893.
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Qualitative evaluation of a public-private partnership for reproductive health training in Papua New Guinea. Rural Remote Health. 2018 12; 18(4):4608.
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Electrocardiographic Safety of Repeated Monthly Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine as a Candidate for Mass Drug Administration. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 12; 62(12).
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The Indo-Papuan conduit: a biosecurity challenge for Northern Australia. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2018 Oct; 42(5):434-436.
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A new subspecies of Xixuthrus from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Zootaxa. 2018 Aug 02; 4455(2):395-399.
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The epidemiology of tuberculosis in the rural Balimo region of Papua New Guinea. Trop Med Int Health. 2018 09; 23(9):1022-1032.