Host susceptibility and environment in childhood allergy and respiratory disease

Oral Presentation
Chairs: P. J. Helms (Aberdeen, UK), I. Tsanakas (Vassilica-Thessaloniki, Greece)
Pertussis: waning immunity after vaccination in adults and recent increase of pertussis in infants
I. De Schutter, A. Malfroot, I. Dab, N. Hoebrekx, G. Muyldermans, D. Pierard (Brussels, Belgium)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Has the sex ratio for prevalence of asthma and allergies changed over time?
M. Osman, H. J. Wassall, A. M. Devenny, T. K. Ninan, M. Omran, G. Russell (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Parental farming protects children against atopy - longitudinal evidence involving skin-prick-tests
F. Horak Jr, M. Studnicka, C. Gartner, E. Tauber, A. Veiter, R. Urbanek, T. Frischer (Vienna, Salzburg, Korneuburg, Austria)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Early life exposure to farming environment and indoor exposure to endotoxin are inversely related to asthma, hay fever and atopy in children
E. von Mutius, C. Braun-Fahrländer, W. Eder, M. Schreuer, M. Waser, S. Maisch, D. Carr, R. Schierl, D. Nowak, J. Riedler, ALEX Study Team (Munich, Germany; Basel, Switzerland; Salzburg, Austria)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Presence of pets and development of specific IgE to inhalants
P. E. D. Eysink, P. J. E. Bindels, S. O. Stapel, R. C. Aalberse, E. Schadé (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Poverty and preschool wheeze
C. E. Kuehni, M. Silverman (Berne, Switzerland; Leicester, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Flow limitation at 4 weeks is associated with increased bronchial hyperresponsiveness and reduced mid-expiratory flow at 12 years
S. W. Turner, S. Young, S. M. Stick, L. I. Landau, P. N. LeSouef (Perth, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Role of the CFTR gene in determining chronic pulmonary diseases in the paediatric population
A. Bassotti, E. Moretti, A. Ambrosioni, D. Coviello, M. Seia, R. Padoan (Milano, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract