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In the past months Brazil hosted three important meetings involving
different aspects of leishmaniasis control and research. Approximately
1200 persons attended these meetings.<br><br>
1. IV International Symposium on Phlebotomus Sandflies. 3-7 Aug Salvador,
Bahia. Brazil.<br>
Abstracts of the posters can be found in Entomología y Vectores, v 9
(Suppl 1), 1-185. <br>
There are no abstracts of the invited talks.<br><br>
2. XVIII Annual Meeting of Applied Research in Chagas Disease (XVIII
Reunião Anual de Pesquisa Aplicada em Doença de Chagas) and the VI Annual
Meeting of Applied Research in Leishmaniasis (VI Anual de Pesquisa
Aplicada em Leishmanioses), Uberaba, Minas Gerais Brazil. 17-20 Oct 2002,
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In these meetings problems related to control are discussed.
Recommendations are put forward by specialist groups that serve as a back
cloth for control strategies. This was the first year that the <b>Philip
Marsden Prize </b>was awarded for the best poster on Leishmaniasis.
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3. XXIX Annual meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and the XVIII
Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology. Caxambu, Minas Gerais,
Brazil. 4-6 Nov 2002<br>
Abstracts can be found in the Revta Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, vol 44
(Suppl. 12), 1-160.<br><br>
Two renowned Brazilian scientists (Zigmund Brener and Odair Genaro)
passed away this year. Both made many important contributions to
the understanding of leishmaniasis. There were special sessions in their
honour recording both their personnel and professional lives. <br><br>
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