Sungu M, Sanders R
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka.
P N G Med J. 1991 Sep;34(3):199-203.
Influenza viruses remain a major cause of respiratory disease in both developed and developing countries. A great deal of information concerning the structure, pathology and modes of transmission of these viruses has been accumulated, but no means of successfully combating them have, as yet, been devised. The most appropriate strategy for limiting the effects of influenza is to monitor the emergence and spread of new strains carefully and warn the public and at-risk groups of impending epidemics. In Papua New Guinea, as in most other developing countries, the major at-risk groups are the very young and the elderly. In the past, influenza epidemics were rare and affected the whole community, but with modern development and increased mobility the transmission dynamics of influenza have changed. The only influenza surveillance centre in Papua New Guinea is at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research in Goroka, and the surveillance activities of this centre are limited to the immediately surrounding areas. There is a need to establish a national influenza surveillance network, to provide nation-wide monitoring of influenza activity, and to provide a central repository of current information on influenza infections in the country.
在发达国家和发展中国家，流感病毒仍然是呼吸系统疾病的主要病因。关于这些病毒的结构、病理学和传播方式，已经积累了大量信息，但尚未设计出成功对抗它们的方法。限制流感影响的最合适策略是仔细监测新毒株的出现和传播，并向公众和高危群体预警即将到来的疫情。与大多数其他发展中国家一样，在巴布亚新几内亚，主要高危群体是儿童和老年人。过去，流感疫情罕见且影响整个社区，但随着现代发展和流动性增加，流感的传播动态发生了变化。巴布亚新几内亚唯一的流感监测中心位于戈罗卡的巴布亚新几内亚医学研究所，该中心的监测活动仅限于紧邻地区。有必要建立一个全国性的流感监测网络，以对全国范围内的流感活动进行监测，并提供该国当前流感感染信息的中央储存库。
