In This Edition
- WAO Journal July Issue Now Online!
- Profs Canonica and El-Gamal Recognized by ACAAI
- "Asthma, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and sports"
- "COPD and Asthma: Similarities and Differences"
- New Conversations with Drs Blumenthal, Kelkar, Slavin and Andersen
- WAO Henning Løwenstein Research Award 2009
- WAF Debate on Future use of Biologicals in Allergy and Asthma
- Newsletter from aeroallergen group in Asia Pacific
- News from EAACI Congress, Warsaw
- Special Message to House of Delegates
- Recent postings of new educational material
- Be the next European Web Regional Editor
Information for the Practicing Allergist
- Monthly Scientific Journal Reviews
- Reviews of New Medical Books
- Teaching Case Reports
- Expert Interviews - Conversations
All of this and more available at
www.WorldAllergy.org
New Conversations with Allergy and Clinical Immunology Experts
"Genetics, Atopic Dermatits and Asthma"
"Cough: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment"
"Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis"
"Patch Testing – When and How
to Do it"
Download these informative conversations and many others from the WAO Expert Interviews section of the website.
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WAO House of Delegates
Reminder to House of Delegates
We are near the deadline for our Electronic Vote to ratify the latest WAO Position Paper on Undergraduate Training in Allergy. If you have received a request for your vote, please be sure the WAO Secretariat receives your response by the 3rd of August 2008.
Once again, thank you for your participation in this important WAO process! Send questions to Kate Kirchner.
Sharing the News!
Latest Update from the Asia-Pacific Aeroallergen Working Group
The Asia Pacific Aeroallergen Working Group (APAWG) has just released its second highly informative newsletter. Composed twice a year by Editor, Dr. Syed M. Hasnain and Associate Editor, Prof. Constance Katelaris, the APAWG newsletter reports about a variety of important regional and international events. In the July 2009 issue:
- WAO Allergy Training School (WATS) Dubai, UAE
- Identification of Aeroallergens in Lebanon
- Date Palm Pollen: A Significant Asthma and Allergy Inducer (Egypt)
- Aeroallergens and allergy in Saudi Arabia
- Aeroallergens study in Iran
- The 15th National Conference of Aerobiology (Imphal, Manipur, India)
- The Indian Journal of Aerobiology
- MEAAAIC, Dubai 2009
- World Asthma Day in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Find links to all APAWG newsletters in the Emerging Societies Program section of the WAO website.
News from EAACI Congress, Warsaw
Allergy and Asthma without Frontiers
EAACI welcomed 6,100 registrants to the 2009 Congress in Warsaw, Poland. For meeting news and photos visit the EAACI website and EAACI 2009 Congress page.
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WAO Leaders to
Receive Prestigious Awards
Professor G. Walter Canonica, President of the World Allergy Organization, and Professor Yehia El-Gamal, Member of the Board of Directors, will be recognized by the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) during the 2009 Annual Meeting 5-10 November 2009 in Miami, Florida USA. They will receive the International Distinguished Fellow award for outstanding contributions in allergy, asthma or immunology in their countries. Congratulations to Professors Canonica and El-Gamal!
ANNOUNCEMENT
The WAO Henning Løwenstein Research Award is a biennial award given to a young scientist who has shown excellence within the field of allergy.
The award winner will receive €20,000 and a travel grant to attend the WAO Congress in Buenos Aires, December 6-10, 2009.
For application guidelines and deadlines, please visit www.alk-abello.com "The WAO Henning Løwenstein Award 2009"
Allergic Disease Resource Center
Two new topics!
Kai-Håkon Carlsen, MD, PhD;
Luis Delgado, MD, PhD
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Raquel Watkins, MD; Diane Laber, MD; and Stephen P. Peters, MD, PhD
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June 2009 World Allergy Forum
The Future use of Biologicals in Allergy and Asthma
Speakers: Klaus Rabe (Netherlands), Andrew Wardlaw (UK) and William Busse (USA)
If you missed this cutting edge debate at the EAACI Congress 2009, you can access the speaker slides and abstracts for free on the WAF page of the WAO website.
New Look for the World Allergy Organization Journal
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WAO-AAAAI Immunology Series
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World Allergy Organization Journal
July 2009
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
The Study of Egg Allergy in Children with Atopic Dermatitis
Tahmineh Salehi, MD; Zahra Pourpak, MD, PhD; Shahnaz Karkon, MD; Raheleh Shokouhi Shoormasti, MSc; Samineh Kamali, MSc; Masoud Movahedi, MD; Mohammad Gharagozlou, MD; and Mostafa Moin, MD
Chronic Human Herpes Virus 8 Infection Successfully Treated with Valganciclovir
James J. Yun, MBBS; Veronica Preda, MBBS(Hons), BSc(Med); and Brad Frankum, BMed(Hons), FRACP
Allergy Diagnosis in Children and Adults, Performance of a New Point-of-Care Device, ImmunoCAP Rapid
Gunilla Hedlin, MD; Carmen Moreno, MD; Carl Johan Petersson, PhD; Gunnar Lilja, MD;
Félix Lorente Toledano, MD; Antonio Nieto García, MD; Lennart Nordvall, MD;
Mona Palmqvist, MD; Sabina Rak, MD; Staffan Ahlstedt, PhD; and Magnus P. Borres, MD
Western Lifestyle and Increased Prevalence of Atopic Diseases, An Example from a Small Papua New Guinean Island
Oliver Ch. Herbert, MD, PhD; Ross StC. Barnetson, MD; Wolfgang Weninger, MD;
Ursula Krämer, PhD; Heidrun Behrendt, MD, PhD; and Johannes Ring, MD, PhD
The Predictive Value of Eosinophil Cationic Protein and Lactate Dehydrogenase in Asthma: A Comparative Study of Serum Versus Sputum
Amina Hamed Ahmad Al Obaidi, PhD; Abdul Ghani Mohamed Al Samarai, MD, PhD;
Jasim Al-Janabi, PhD; and Abdulkareem Yahia, PhD
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