Mosquito vector biology and control in Latin America - A 25th Symposium

Authors: Cohnstaedt, Lee; FERNANDEZ-SALAS, I.DEFONSO - University Of Nuevo Leon; CLARK, GARY - Volunteer

Submitted to: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/22/2015
Publication Date: 9/1/2015
Citation: Cohnstaedt, L.W., Fernandez-Salas, I., Clark, G.G. 2015. Mosquito vector biology and control in Latin America - A 25th Symposium. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 31(3):286-296.

Interpretive Summary: Each year during the Annual Meeting the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) the Latin American symposium brings researchers from Central and South America to present their current projects. The principal objective, for the previous 24 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 24 presentations that were given orally in Spanish by participants from Colombia, Mexico, and the USA. Topics addressed in the symposium included: surveillance, operations, ecology, chemical control, studies of dengue viruses, and insecticide resistance. Insect vectors include mosquitoes and other disease vectors such as Phlebotomine sand flies and Triatomines (disease transmitters of chagas disease). Lastly the meeting allows US researchers to interact with investigators and students from countries with endemic and epidemic disease cases.

Technical Abstract: The 25th Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 81st Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, in March 2015. The principal objective, for the previous 24 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 24 presentations that were given orally in Spanish by participants from Colombia, Mexico, and the USA. Topics addressed in the symposium included: surveillance, operations, ecology, chemical control, studies of dengue viruses, and insecticide resistance. Insect vectors included Aedes, Culex, and Anopheles mosquitoes in addition to Phlebotomine sand flies and Triatomines.