新几内亚岛位于南纬3～11度,东径130～150度,沿海区通常是炎热、潮湿的,中部山区海拔5,000米以上,并由西向东延伸。岛的东半部是1975年9月独立的巴布亚新几内亚国家。新几内亚的疟疾原为一些沿海和低洼地区的超高度流行和散在的疫点,多年来认为海拔1,500米以上的地区没有疟疾。 New Guinea Island is located between 3 and 11 degrees south latitude and 130 to 150 degrees east longitude. The coastal areas are usually hot and humid. The central mountainous area is more than 5,000 meters above sea level and extends from west to east. The eastern half of the island was an independent state of Papua New Guinea in September 1975. New Guinea’s malaria was originally a highly epidemic and dispersal epidemic in a number of coastal and low-lying areas, where over the years no malaria has been considered as an area above 1,500 meters above sea level.