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.

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4063 Abstracts
739 Slide presentations
213 Webcasts
93 Handouts

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New developments in infectious disease

Hot topics
Chairs: F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Aims: This symposium will review recent and hot issues in infectious diseases:
• Neo-macrolides have emerged as important therapeutic options in different airway diseases. They seem to have beneficial effects in a broad spectrum of diseases from COPD to cystic fibrosis and posttransplant bronchiolitis obliterans. Their mechanism of action is not yet elucidated; however, several possible pathways have been proposed.
• Comparison of national programmes in preparation for pandemic; strategies for limiting local dissemination; spatial epidemiology; efficacy of antiviral therapies; summary of challenges in vaccine development (including arguments for and against stockpiling early prototype vaccine).

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Neomacrolides in airway disease M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy)
The influenza pandemic: 1918 compared to 2005 A. Osterhaus (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)