"Melanesia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia, including NEW CALEDONIA; VANUATU; New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, FIJI, etc. Melanesia (from the Greek melas, black + nesos, island) is so called from the black color of the natives who are generally considered to be descended originally from the Negroid Papuans and the Polynesians or Malays. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p748 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p344)
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D008542
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760.590
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| 1994 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanesia" by people in Profiles.
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Burnett E, Dalipanda T, Ogaoga D, Gaiofa J, Jilini G, Halpin A, Dietz V, Date K, Mintz E, Hyde T, Wannemuehler K, Yen C. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices regarding Diarrhea and Cholera following an Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaign in the Solomon Islands. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 08; 10(8):e0004937.
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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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Ohkura S, Yanagihara R, Yamashita M, Hayami M. Phylogenetic relatedness of HTLV type I from Bellona, a Polynesian outlier within the Solomon Islands, to HTLV type I from Japan and far Eastern Asia. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1999 Jul 20; 15(11):1041-5.
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Yanagihara R, Saitou N, Nerurkar VR, Song KJ, Bastian I, Franchini G, Gajdusek DC. Molecular phylogeny and dissemination of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I viewed within the context of primate evolution and human migration. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1995; 41 Suppl 1:S145-61.
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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.
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Nerurkar VR, Song KJ, Melland RR, Yanagihara R. Genetic and phylogenetic analyses of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I variants from Melanesians with and without spastic myelopathy. Mol Neurobiol. 1994 Apr-Jun; 8(2-3):155-73.
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Benson J, Tschachler E, Gessain A, Yanagihara R, Gallo RC, Franchini G. Cross-neutralizing antibodies against cosmopolitan and Melanesian strains of human T cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus type I in sera from inhabitants of Africa and the Solomon Islands. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1994 Jan; 10(1):91-6.
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Yanagihara R. Geographic-specific genotypes or topotypes of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I as markers for early and recent migrations of human populations. Adv Virus Res. 1994; 43:147-86.
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Tanaka Y, Ishii K, Sawada T, Ohtsuki Y, Hoshino H, Yanagihara R, Miyoshi I. Prophylaxis against a Melanesian variant of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in rabbits using HTLV-I immune globulin from asymptomatically infected Japanese carriers. Blood. 1993 Dec 15; 82(12):3664-7.
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Hoshino H, Nakamura T, Tanaka Y, Miyoshi I, Yanagihara R. Functional conservation of the neutralizing domains on the external envelope glycoprotein of cosmopolitan and melanesian strains of human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I. J Infect Dis. 1993 Dec; 168(6):1368-73.