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BALANTIDIASIS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Author(s) -
Radford Anthony J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb200006.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , ciliate , guinea pig , zoology , epidemiology , biology , geography , ethnology , ecology , medicine , history , pathology , genetics
Four cases of enteric infection with the ciliate Balantidium coli are reported from the Territory of Papua New Guinea. Man's peculiar relationship with pigs in New Guinea is discussed in a review of the epidemiology and treatment of this uncommon but ubiquitous disease.