Seed Outlook and Crop Varieties for 1960

Using high-quality seed of adapted and tested varieties is an important part of good farming in 1960 or any year. New to this section this year is the outlook for seed of some of the varieties you may wish to plant

Malaria vectors of Timor-Leste

Background: The island of Timor lies at the south-eastern edge of Indonesia on the boundary of the Oriental and Australian faunal regions. The country of Timor-Leste, which occupies the eastern part of the island, is malarious but anopheline faunal surveys and malaria vector incrimination date back to the 1960 s. Over the last decade the malaria vectors of south-east Asia and the south-west Pacific have been intensely studied using molecular techniques that can confirm identification within complexes of isomorphic species. The aim of this study is to accurately identify the Anopheles fauna of Timor-Leste using these techniques

Rainy-season prevalence of malaria in Bobonaro district, East Timor.

[Extract] East Timor achieved independence from Indonesia in August 1999. During the crisis which erupted following the independence referendum, much of the country's infrastructure was completely destroyed, including many health facilities. An estimated 75% of the population fled the violence and either became internally displaced or were forced across the border into Indonesian West Timor. In the subsequent 2 years, district-level health services were rehabilitated and supported by international non-governmental organizations(NGO), themselves co-ordinated by the Division of Health Services of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor

Sudden death associated with group A streptococcal infection in an 8-year-old girl with undiagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

An 8-year-old girl died suddenly without prior symptoms. Post-mortem examination identified both systemic group A streptococcal infection and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. She had no history of cardiac symptoms and was not in a high-risk group for sudden death due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We believe the disseminated but asymptomatic group A streptococcal infection precipitated her early death from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Sudden unexpected death during systemic infection should be followed by post-mortem examination to look for evidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, as this diagnosis has genetic implications for other family members