AUSTIN, Texas — The American Mosquito Control Association held its 78th Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, Feb. 26 - March 1, and more than 850 people attended.
A total of 203 papers were presented in addition to 38 posters. The exchange of scientific information covered subjects as widely varied as research on transmission dynamics in vector-borne disease in various worldwide locations to new risk assessment models for mosquito control measures.
Presenters from South America, Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia and Asia provided an international flavor to the proceedings and encouraged a variety of perspectives on the threat of mosquito-borne diseases affecting the global community. The winner of the prestigious Student Competition was Jerome Schleier, a doctoral candidate at Montana State University, for his paper, "Model Development for Predicting Environmental Concentrations After Applications of Ultra-Low-volume Insecticides for Adult Mosquito Management."
Specific symposia involved the global dengue situation, Latin America vector research, and Integrated Pest Management, among others. Of particular interest were symposia presentations covering the challenges mosquito control entities face in meeting new National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System requirements mandated by the recent 6th Circuit Court decision placing mosquito control efforts under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.