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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr Raul Guerra de Queiroz died aged 39 on the
morning of 7 September 2004 while undergoing treatment for cancer in the city of
Fortaleza. Raul was consolidating a group here at the Instituto Nacional de
Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), specializing in the immature forms of
</Lutzomyia/> and the use of laboratory colonies to address questions of
taxonomy and population diversity. He is survived by his parents and several
students whom he was supervising.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Toby Barrett</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Grupo de Pesquisas em Biologia
Vetorial</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Coordenação de Pesquisas em
Ciências de Saúde, INPA, Manaus, Brazil</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>