Mosquito vector biology and control in Latin America - A 25th symposium
Autor(es): Cohnstaedt, Lee W.; Fernandez-Salas, Ildefonso; Clark, Gary G.
Resumo: 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, as 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 triatomine bugs.
Palavras-Chave: Aedes; Anopheles; Culex; Lutzomyia; Mosquitoes; Sand flies; Dengue; Control; Insecticide resistance
Imprenta: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, v. 31, n. 3, p. 286-296, 2015
Identificador do objeto digital: http://dx.doi.org/10.2987/moco-31-03-286-296.1
Descritores: Aedes aegypti - Chikungunya Fever ; Aedes aegypti - Public health
Data de publicação: 2015
