Mosquito vector control and biology in Latin America - A ninth symposium

The ninth annual Latin American symposium presented by the American Mosquit o Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 65th Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO, in February 1999. The principal objective, as for the previ ous 8 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. Th is publication includes summaries of 44 presentations that were given orall y in Spanish or presented as posters by participants from 8 countries in La tin America. Topics addressed in the symposium included results from chemic al and biological control programs and studies, studies of insecticide resi stance, and molecular, ecological, and behavioral studies of vectors of den gue (Aedes aegypti), malaria (Anopheles albimanus and Anopheles aquasalis), leishmaniasis (Lutzomyia). and Chagas' disease (Triatoma).