Preferred Label : papua new guinea;
MeSH definition : A country consisting of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent
islands, including New Britain, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, and New Hanover
in the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka in the northern Solomon Islands;
the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands; Woodlark (Murua) Island; and the Louisiade
Archipelago. It became independent on September 16, 1975. Formerly, the southern part
was the Australian Territory of Papua, and the northern part was the UN Trust Territory
of New Guinea, administered by Australia. They were administratively merged in 1949
and named Papua and New Guinea, and renamed Papua New Guinea in 1971.;
MeSH synonym : new guinea, papua; new guinea, east;
MeSH annotation : read MeSH definition for hist & geog scope; Papuans are of NEGROID RACE unless otherwise
specified;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua New Guinea;
Origin ID : D010219;
UMLS CUI : C0030375;
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A country consisting of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent
islands, including New Britain, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, and New Hanover
in the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka in the northern Solomon Islands;
the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands; Woodlark (Murua) Island; and the Louisiade
Archipelago. It became independent on September 16, 1975. Formerly, the southern part
was the Australian Territory of Papua, and the northern part was the UN Trust Territory
of New Guinea, administered by Australia. They were administratively merged in 1949
and named Papua and New Guinea, and renamed Papua New Guinea in 1971.
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/vaccinations-voyages/?pays=Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guin%C3%A9e
2016
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France
French
popular works
communicable diseases
travel medicine
papua new guinea
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