title: Arthropod-borne virus infections in Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya): a serological retrospection.
abstract: A serological investigation, covering many localities throughout Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya) in 1958-1961 showed that: A general endemicity of arbovirus infections rather than sporadic epidemics, exists in the southern lowlands--large differences exist in geographical distribution of these viruses especially when comparing coastal areas of the southern, with those of the northern and north western parts of the island--in both arbovirus groups noticeable differences in altitude were observed corresponding with the epidemiology of malaria in Irian Jaya--in one locality there was a specific virus prevalence, notably Sindbis virus, within a group--historical and serological evidence suggests that antibody detected to Dengue 2 virus, merely in adult humans, in the coastal area was due to exposure before migration from Indonesia to New Guinea--comparable results were archieved with similar surveys by other workers in Papuan New Guinea and Northern Queensland.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009512:New Guinea; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral