Annual Congress Copenhagen 2005

Saturday, 17.09.2005
Sunday, 18.09.2005
Monday, 17.09.2005
Tuesday, 20.09.2005
Wednesday, 21.09.2005

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, abstract number.

Material from 2005:

4063 Abstracts
739 Slide presentations
213 Webcasts
93 Handouts

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The hygiene hypothesis revised – pro, con, or…?

Symposium
Chairs: I. Annesi Maesano (Villejuif, France), E. von Mutius (Munich, Germany)
Aims: At the end of this symposium, the participants should have a clearer view on the current thinking about the validity of the ?hygiene hypothesis?, and the role of early-life exposures to microorganisms and Westernised lifestyle environments in the aetiology and pathogenesis of asthma.

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Keep the cats and dogs alive? J. Gerritsen (Groningen, The Netherlands)
The endotoxin story C. Braun-Fahrlander (Basel, Switzerland)
The rise of asthma in African cities J. Britton (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
The prevalence and severity of asthma in US inner cities T. Platts-Mills (Charlottesville, United States of America)
Is the asthma epidemic in Europe passing by? T. Frischer (Vienna, Austria)