Tuesday, December 11, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

San Diego, Atlas Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)

Section Symposium: Prevention and Management of Vectors and Pests of Public Health Importance

Organizer(s): Caydee Savinelli, caydee.savinelli@syngenta.com
Graham P. Head, graham.p.head@monsanto.com
1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM 0963Introduction: Overview of global public health problems - IRAC International
Ralf Nauen, ralf.nauen@bayercropscience.com
2:00 PM0964Vector control in different contexts: Transmission intensity and vector ecology
Kate Aultman, Kate.Aultman@gatesfoundation.org
2:35 PM0965Vector resistance and integrated vector management
Lucien Manga
3:05 PM Break
3:15 PM 0967Bed bugs: A global resurgence of the bed bug, and challenges posed by insecticide resistance in effective bed bug management
Dini M. Miller, dinim@vt.edu, Tim McCoy, timm@vt.edu
3:35 PM 0968Cockroaches: Bait aversion as a resistance mechanism
Jules Silverman
3:55 PM0969Fleas: Monitoring susceptibility in cat fleas associated with on-animal products
Michael K. Rust, mikerust@ucr.edu, Bruce H. Stanley, Bruce.H.Stanley-1@dupont.com
4:15 PM 0970Innovative methods for large scale monitoring and evaluation of insect vector populations
Janet Hemingway, Hemingway@liverpool.ac.uk
4:55 PMChallenges for controlling mosquito vectors of West Nile virus
Janet McAllister, jvm6@cdc.gov, Charles A. Staetz, castaetz@att.net
5:15 PM Concluding Remarks

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