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364 / A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS reduction after treatment with E. hirta, and relatively comparable to reductions observed with that of chloroquine. 1197. Osemwota, I. O., J. A. I. Omueti, and A. I. Ogboghodo. DISTRIBUTION OF MAGNESIUM FORMS IN SURFACE SOILS OF CENTRAL SOUTHERN NIGERIA. South African Journal of Plant and Soil Science. 2009, 26(2):59-63. Magnesium in soils occurs in water soluble, exchangeable, fixed and primary mineral forms. According to Andres, three forms of Mg can be discerned, namely dissolved, exchangeable and structural. Particularly beneficial to plant growth are water soluble and exchangeable Mg. In soils of temperate and tropical regions, Mg has been fractionated into mineral Mg [Mg(m)], acid-soluble Mg [Mg(a)], exchangeable Mg [Mg(e)] and organic complexed Mg [Mg(o)]. Information regarding distribution of these Mg forms is not available from soils of the Edo State of Central Southern Nigeria. It is therefore the objective of the present study to determine the various Mg forms present in the surface soils of the Edo State. 1198. Osuntoki, A. A., and A. O. Sanusi. TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT STABILIZES HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANES. Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2007, 17(3):116-119. In addition to being a widely consumed vegetable in West Africa, the leaves extract of Telfairia occidentalis is believed to have beneficial health effects and is used in tradomedical preparations. The effect of saline extract of T. occidentalis leaves on sickle and normal erythrocytes membrane stability was investigated. The marked difference in the observed effect between the normal and sickle erythrocytes membranes suggests that pharmacogenetic factors may be involved in the response to herbal preparations. 1199. Palé, S., S. C. Mason, and S. J. B. Taonda. WATER AND FERTILIZER INFLUENCE ON YIELD OF GRAIN SORGHUM VARIETIES PRODUCED IN BURKINA FASO. South African Journal of Plant and Soil Science. 2009, 26(2):91-97. Grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] originated in Africa and India, and has historically been one of the five major cereal crops, along with rice (Oryza sativa L.), maize (Zea mays L.), wheat (Triticum aestvum L.), and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.), used as food by humans. Grain sorghum constitutes, along with pearl millet, the staple cereal of millions of people living in the very hot, drought-prone tropical regions of West Africa and India. In addition to its use as food, grain sorghum is also used as livestock feed, mainly in the western hemisphere. In Burkina Faso, especially in the Central Plateau Region, where its 21-yr average grain yield is 700 kg ha –1 , grain sorghum is the major cereal crop used to produce the traditional beer, commonly called ‘dolo’. 1200. Pfaller, M. A. et al. GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL TRENDS IN ISOLA- TION AND ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS: A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT FROM THE ARTEMIS DISK ANTIFUNGAL SURVEIL- LANCE PROGRAM, 2001 TO 2005. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2008, 46(3): 842-849. We examined data from the ARTEMIS DISK Antifungal Surveillance Program to describe geographic and temporal trends in the isolation of Candida parapsilosis from
VOLUME 42, NUMBER 4—2009-2010 / 365 clinical specimens and the in vitro susceptibilities of 9,371 isolates to fluconazole and voriconazole. We also report the in vitro susceptibility of bloodstream infection (BSI) isolates of C. parapsilosis to the echinocandins, anidulafungin, caspofungin, and micafungin. C. parapsilosis represented 6.6% of the 141,383 isolates of Candida collected from 2001 to 2005 and was most common among isolates from North America (14.3%) and Latin America (9.9%). High levels of susceptibility to both fluconazole (90.8 to 95.8%) and voriconazole (95.3 to 98.1%) were observed in all geographic regions with the exception of the Africa and Middle East region (79.3 and 85.8% susceptible to fluconazole and voriconazole, respectively). 1201. Pollini, J. CARBON SEQUESTRATION FOR LINKING CONSERVATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MADAGASCAR: THE CASE OF THE VOHI- DRAZANA-MANTADIA CORRIDOR RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION CAR- BON PROJECT. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 2009, 28:322-342. The carbon market recently appeared as a new way to finance conservation programs in Madagascar. Based on an analysis of a pioneer carbon sequestration project co-financed by the Biocarbon Fund of the World Bank, I contend in this article that this new approach will fail to contribute to the protection of Malagasy biodiversity. A first argument is that carbon projects will inherit rural development practices and discourses that did not lead to successful agricultural intensification until now. 1202. Power, R. J., and R. X. S. Compion. LION PREDATION ON ELEPHANTS IN THE SAVUTI, CHOBE NATIONAL PARK, BOTSWANA. African Zoology. 2009, 44(1):36-44. Elephants (Loxondonta Africana) are rarely preyed upon by lions (Panthera leo), and when this does occur it has been associated with yearling calves, or those weakened by poaching or drought. However, in the Savuti area of the Chobe National Park (CNP), Botswana, the frequency of elephant predation by lions has increased from the 1990s onwards, and is not confined to weak or juvenile elephants. During the 1970s McBride recorded two instances of this, but a decade later Viljoen had not reported this at all. 1203. Ralston, K. S., and K. L. Hill. THE FLAGELLUM OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI: NEW TRICKS FROM AN OLD DOG. International Journal of Parasitology. 2008, 38(8-9):869-884. African trypanosomes, i.e., Trypanosoma brucei and related sub-species, are devastating human and animal pathogens that cause significant human mortality and limit sustained economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. T. brucei is a highly motile protozoan parasite and coordinated motility is central to both disease pathogenesis in the mammalian host and parasite development in the tsetse fly vector. Therefore, understanding unique aspects of the T. brucei flagellum may uncover novel targets for therapeutic intervention in African sleeping sickness. The flagellum has been found to be an essential organelle, with critical roles in parasite motility, morphogenesis, cell division and immune evasion. This review highlights recent discoveries on the T. brucei flagellum.
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