Parasitic Infections among Natives of the North Markham Area, New Guinea
- 1 April 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 36 (2), 103-106
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3273584
Abstract
Results of a survey involving over 1000 individuals in 7 villages and a labor camp conducted in mid-1944. Native villagers showed a malaria parasite index of 40.6% (gametocyte index = 6%), all 3 spp. of Plasmodium being represented about equally. Nocturnal and diurnal incidences of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae in native laborers were 30% and 2.2%, respectively. Hookworm was the predominant helminth infection (in 80% of total population examined), with whipworm, roundworm and Strongyloides infections encountered in 10, .4 and 3%, respectively. An addendum by K. V. KROMBEIN lists the principal mosquito vectors of malaria and filariasis in the area surveyed.Keywords
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- A SURVEY OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN NATIVES IN DUTCH NEW GUINEAAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 1945