"New Guinea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Originally an island of the Malay Archipelago, the second largest island in the world. It divided, West New Guinea becoming part of Indonesia and East New Guinea becoming Papua New Guinea.
| Descriptor ID |
D009512
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.586.650
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "New Guinea" by people in Profiles.
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Baker AL, Pearson T, Sahl JW, Hepp C, Price EP, Sarovich DS, Mayo M, Tuanyok A, Currie BJ, Keim P, Warner J. Burkholderia pseudomallei distribution in Australasia is linked to paleogeographic and anthropogenic history. PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0206845.
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Friedlaender J, Schurr T, Gentz F, Koki G, Friedlaender F, Horvat G, Babb P, Cerchio S, Kaestle F, Schanfield M, Deka R, Yanagihara R, Merriwether DA. Expanding Southwest Pacific mitochondrial haplogroups P and Q. Mol Biol Evol. 2005 Jun; 22(6):1506-17.
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Ryschkewitsch CF, Friedlaender JS, Mgone CS, Jobes DV, Agostini HT, Chima SC, Alpers MP, Koki G, Yanagihara R, Stoner GL. Human polyomavirus JC variants in Papua New Guinea and Guam reflect ancient population settlement and viral evolution. Microbes Infect. 2000 Jul; 2(9):987-96.
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Nerurkar VR, Song KJ, Bastian IB, Garin B, Franchini G, Yanagihara R. Genotyping of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I using Australo-Melanesian topotype-specific oligonucleotide primer-based polymerase chain reaction: insights into viral evolution and dissemination. J Infect Dis. 1994 Dec; 170(6):1353-60.