Introduction and foreword: New perspectives in eosinophils. Role in inflammation associated with allergy, asthma and parasitic disease

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 92 (Suppl.II), 1997, pp.5-6 Introduction and foreword New perspectives in eosinophils. Role in inflammation associated with allergy, asthma and parasitic disease Redwan Moqbel and Peter F. Weller Code Number:OC97162 Size of Files: Text: 8.3K Graphics: No associated graphics files In 1994, I was approached by my colleague and friend Professor Renato Cordeiro to consider organizing an international symposium on the eosinophil in Brazil in 1996. The purpose of the meeting was to address the enigma of contrasting roles of the eosinophil in allergic inflammation and asthma on the one hand and parasitic infections on the other. This was very appealing, since this question has been one which I have been interested in for many years. The symposium took place between June 3-6, 1996, in beautiful Rio de Janeiro with approximately 300 participants from most continents of the world. Copyright 1997 Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocru