Chikungunya virus disease outbreak in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. by Daniel M Pastula, W Thane Hancock, Martin Bel, Holly Biggs, Maria Marfel, Robert Lanciotti, Janeen Laven, Tai-Ho Chen, J Erin Staples, Marc Fischer, Susan L Hills

“…Beginning in August 2013, clinicians from the Yap State Department of Health in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) identified an unusual cluster of illness which was subsequently confirmed to be chikungunya virus disease. …”
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Genetic and Serologic Properties of Zika Virus Associated with an Epidemic, Yap State, Micronesia, 2007 by Robert S. Lanciotti, Olga L. Kosoy, Janeen J. Laven, Jason O. Velez, Amy J. Lambert, Alison J. Johnson, Stephanie M. Stanfield, Mark R. Duffy

“…In June 2007, an epidemic of fever and rash associated with ZIKV was detected in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. We report the genetic and serologic properties of the ZIKV associated with this epidemic.…”
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Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia: The Importance of Environmental Conditions and Intangible Cultural Heritage by Reed M. Perkins, Stefan Michael Krause

“…More research is needed to document how features of intangible cultural heritage that create and maintain social resilience in Yap State will shape residents’ adaptive capacity to climate change.…”
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The marine sponge genus Dysidea sp: the biological and chemical aspects—a review by Noha Fathallah, Ahmed Tamer, Reem Ibrahim, Mariam kamal, Mariam El Kes

“…The main body of the abstract Dysidea species is one of the most widely distributed sponge species in the world which is found mainly near the shores of the Red Sea, Australia, Yap State, and the Philippines. Dysidea species are considered a source of bioactive natural metabolites that exhibit outstanding chemical diversity. …”
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Moderate chlorophyll-a environments reduce coral bleaching during thermal stress in Yap, Micronesia by Rachael Keighan, Robert van Woesik, Anthony Yalon, Joe Nam, Peter Houk

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Randomized controlled trial evaluating the utility of urine HPV DNA for cervical cancer screening in a Pacific Island population by Brenda Y. Hernandez, Aileen C Tareg, Martina Reichhardt, Angelica Agapito, Xuemei Zhu, Angela Sy, Arnice Yuji, Jeffrey Killeen, Owen Chan, Lee E Buenconsejo-Lum

“…# Background Non-invasive, self-collection sampling methods for human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA detection have the potential to address logistical and cultural barriers to Pap screening, particularly in under resourced settings such as Yap state in the Federated States of Micronesia -- a population with low levels of screening and high incidence of cervical cancer…”
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