Wednesday, 29 October 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

201/213 (Convention Center (Second Floor))

Program Symposium: The Great Endemic Diseases--Entomological Considerations

Organizer(s): John L. Petersen
Will Reeves
8:00 AM0789Introduction
John L. Petersen
8:05 AM0790Tsetse: Vectors of African trypanosomiasis
Serap Aksoy
8:20 AM0791Chagas disease in the Americas: Challenges and prospects
Ben Beard
8:35 AM0792From genes to GIS: Aedes aegypti and epidemic dengue in North America
Barry J. Beaty
8:50 AM0793Adaptations of Borrelia spirochaetes in ticks and mammals
Tom G. Schwan
9:05 AM0794The Anopheles gambiae genome and its implications for African malaria
Nora J Besansky
9:20 AM0795Simulium and onchocerciasis control in Central and South America
Eddie Cupp
9:35 AM0796Endemic dengue in Central and South America
Gary G. Clark
9:50 AM0797Closing remarks
Will Reeves
9:55 AMBreak
10:10 AMInternational Affairs Committee business meeting
11:10 AMConcluding Remarks

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