Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea: from yesterday until today

Serej D Ley; Ian Riley; Hans-Peter Beck

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2014.06.012

Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea: from yesterday until today

Microbes Infect. 2014 Aug;16(8):607-14. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2014.06.012. Epub 2014 Jul 12.

Authors

Serej D Ley¹, Ian Riley², Hans-Peter Beck³

Affiliations

¹ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Petersgraben 2, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland; Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka EHP, Papua New Guinea.
² School of Population Health, University of Queensland, School of Population Health Building, Herston Road, Herston Qld 4006, Australia.
³ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Petersgraben 2, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: hans-peter.beck@unibas.ch.

PMID: 25025486
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2014.06.012

Abstract

Little is known about the situation of tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea despite its high TB burden, emerging drug resistance and rising HIV co-infection. This review gives an overview on the current situation of TB in PNG and identifies knowledge gaps that should urgently be addressed in the future.

Keywords: Control; Drug resistance; History; Lineage typing; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Prevention.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Coinfection / epidemiology
Communicable Disease Control / methods
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
HIV Infections / epidemiology
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
Papua New Guinea / epidemiology
Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
Tuberculosis / prevention & control