01232nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653000900055653001400064653002000078653001400098653001500112653001100127653003500138653001200173653001200185653000900197653002100206653002200227100001700249245009200266300000900358490000700367520056600374022001400940       1981                            d  c1981 Jun10aAged10aAmebiasis10aAncylostomiasis10aAustralia10aFilariasis10aHumans10aIntestinal Diseases, Parasitic10aleprosy10aMalaria10aMale10aPapua New Guinea10aTropical Medicine1 aCharters A D00aTropical infections contracted in Papua New Guinea and imported into Western Australia.  a74-90 v243 a<p>Diseases contracted in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and observed in Western Australia (WA) have comprised malaria, amoebiasis, ancylostomiasis, filariasis and leprosy. This small series of cases demonstrates the prolongation of incubation periods of malaria following chemoprophylaxis, the spread of chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum (both to Western and Eastern regions of PNG), the ineffectiveness of chloroquine against Entamoeba histolytica in the intestine and the value of oral penicillin as a prophylactic for filarial lymphangitis.</p>  a0031-1480