Summit on the Aedes Aegypti Crisis in the Americas

Entomological Society of America. 03/13/2016This Web page provides information and background materials for the Summit on the Aedes Aegypti Crisis in the Americas, held in Brazil on March 13, 2016. Scientific, business, and nongovernmental experts and leaders met to map out a plan for successfully managing the Aedes aegypti mosquito, an insect that is a vector of Zika virus, yellow fever, dengue, and chikungunya, and is causing serious public health crises across the hemisphere. The page provides links to Full Agenda for the Summit, Speakers at the Summit, and Briefing Paper. (Text)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news