title: Highlights of the XXI annual meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, the XXXII annual meeting on Basic Research in Chagas' disease & an international symposium on vesicle trafficking in parasitic Protozoa--7 to 9 November 2005, Caxambu, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
abstract: This report focuses on the 2005 Annual meeting held in Caxambu, Minas Gerais, Brazil that was convened and organized by the Brazilian Society of Protozoology http://www.sbpz.org.br/. This is an annual event and details of these meetings can be found on the Society's website. Within the space available it has been impossible to cover all the important and fascinating contributions and what is presented are our personal views of the meetings scientific highlights and new developments. The contents undoubtedly reflect each author's scientific interests and expertise. Fuller details of the round tables, seminars and posters can be consulted on line at http://www.sbpz.org.br/livroderesumos2005.php.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, 05508-900 São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Botucatu 862 8, 04023-062 São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schenkman
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia and Centro Interdisciplinar de Terapia Gênica (CINTERGEN), R. Mirassol, 207, 04044-010, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mauricio Martins
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues