Mosquito vector control and biology in Latin America--an eleventh symposium

The 11th annual Latin American symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 67th Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX, in February 2001. The principal objective, as for the previous 10 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication includes summaries of 45 presentations that were given orally in Spanish or presented as posters by participants from 8 countries in Latin America. Topics addressed in the symposium included results from chemical and biological control programs and studies; studies of insecticide resistance; and population genetics, molecular, ecological, and behavioral studies of vectors of dengue (Aedes aegypti), malaria (Anopheles albimanus and Anopheles aquasalis), leishmaniasis (Lutzomyia), murine typhus, and Chagas' disease (Triatoma). Related topics included biology and control of Rhodnius, scorpions, Loxosceles spp., Chironomus plumosus, and Musca domestica.