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the 16th Meeting of Brazilian Society of Protozoology remain as a standard for the quality of science in Brazil.This issue of the Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz contains more than 500 abstracts presented to these meetings, which highlight many of the major advances that have been achieved in Protozoology research in the last few years, including Biology, Ultrastructure, and Biochemistry of Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Plasmodium, Entamoeba, Toxoplasma and monoxenic trypanosomatids. In addition, contributions also cover immunology of Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, malaria and toxoplasmosis as well as different aspects of treatment (chemotherapy) and transmission (vector biology and interactions) of these diseases.We wish to express our acknowledgements to all colleagues that have contributed to this meeting and in particular to the 71 scientists who accepted to present their data in conferences and round tables. We wish to thank Angela