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Symposium on Innate immunity to pulmonary infection, held at the Wolfson Pavillion, University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa, 28–30 November 2005 
Editors: Derek J. Chadwick (Organizer) and Jamie Goode 
This symposium is based on a proposal made by Siamon Gordon and Gordon Brown 

Eric D. Bateman and Anamika Jithoo Lung diseases in South Africa: an overview
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Paul D. van Helden, Marlo Moller, Chantal Babb, Robin Warren, Gerhard Walzl, Pieter Uys and Eileen Hoal TB epidemiology and human genetics
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David P. Speert Bacterial infections of the lung in normal and immunodeficient patients
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Malik Peiris Pathogenesis of avian flu H5N1 and SARS
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Claudia Montagnoli, Silvia Bozza, Roberta Gaziano, Teresa Zelante, Pierluigi Bonifazi, Francesca Sepioni, Silvia Bellocchio, Lucia Pitzurra and Luigina Romani Immunity and tolerance to Aspergillus fumigatus
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Cecilia Garlanda, Barbara Bottazzi, Giovanni Salvatori, Rita De Santis, Alessia Cotena, Livija Deban, Viriginia Maina, Federica Moalli, Andrea Doni and Alberto Mantovani Pentraxins in innate immunity and inflammation
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Anthony W. Segal How superoxide production by neutrophil leukocytes kills microbes
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Ralph M. Steinman Linking innate to adaptive immunity through dendritic cells
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Gordon D. Brown Macrophage receptors and innate immunity: insights from dectin-1 
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Bernhard Ryffel, Muazzam Jacobs, Shreemanta Parida, Tania Botha, Dieudonnée Togbe and Valerie Quesniaux Toll-like receptors and control of mycobacterial infection in mice 
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T. J. Williams and C. L. Weller Population of lungs by mast cells
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John K. Sheehan, Mehmet Kesimer and Raymond Pickles Innate immunity and mucus structure and function
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R. B. Sim, H. Clark, K. Hajela and K. R. Mayilyan Collectins and host defence 
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Bart N. Lambrecht and Leonie S. van Rijt Infections and asthma pathogenesis: a critical role for dendritic cells? 
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L. A. Vella and O. J. Finn Innate and adaptive immunity in lung cancer 
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