Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.

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3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
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New insights into tuberculosis control

Symposium
Chairs: G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany)
Aims: The aim of this symposium is to update participants on the new elements of the stop tuberculosis (TB) strategy, including facts and challenges of global TB control, management of extensively drug-resistant (XDR)-TB and perspectives on the development of new drugs and diagnostics.

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Global TB control: facts and challenges M. C. Raviglione (Geneva, Switzerland)
Facts and perspectives in the development of new anti-TB drugs R. Goldman (Bethesda, United States of America)
Facts and perspectives in the development of new diagnostics R. O'Brien (Geneva, Switzerland)