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Preface (9 kB)

Introduction

1. Future developments in allergy prevention: a matter of integrating medical, natural and social sciences (35 kB)
Luud J.W.J. Gilissen, Harry J. Wichers, Huub F.J. Savelkoul and George Beers (The Netherlands)

The medical and molecular context

2. Induction and regulation of allergen-specific IgE (477 kB)
Prescilla V. Jeurink and Huub F.J. Savelkoul (The Netherlands)

3. Preventive vaccination against allergy: maternal allergen immunization protects offspring (168 kB)
Ingrid Melkild, Berit Granum and Martinus Løvik (Norway)

4. Controlling processing in complex food systems: a potential route to food-allergy prevention (13 kB)
E.N. Clare Mills, Neil M. Rigby, Ana I. Sancho, F. Javier Moreno and John A. Jenkins (United Kingdom)

5. Plant protein families as a basis for predicting the allergenicity of food proteins (40 kB)
Peter R. Shewry, John Jenkins, Frederic Beaudoin and E.N. Clare Mills (United Kingdom)

6. Can cross-reactivity studies enable generic allergy prevention? (50 kB)
Rosa Sánchez-Monge and Gabriel Salcedo (Spain)

The food production chain and novel foods

7. The food production chain and novel foods: introduction (16 kB)
Harry J. Wichers (The Netherlands)

8. Novel foods and novel processing techniques as threats and challenges to a hypersensitive world (104 kB)
Hans Steinhart (Germany)

9. Tracking and tracing for allergen-free food production chains (33 kB)
R.E. Poms and E. Anklam (Belgium)

10. Prediction of the potential allergenicity of novel proteins (39 kB)
Gijs A. Kleter and Ad A.C.M. Peijnenburg (The Netherlands)

11. Production of hypoallergenic plant foods by selection, breeding and genetic modification (41 kB)
Luud J.W.J. Gilissen, Suzanne T.H.P. Bolhaar, André C. Knulst, Laurian Zuidmeer, Ronald van Ree, Z.S. Gao, and W. Eric van de Weg (The Netherlands)

12. In silico prediction of potential allergenicity of proteins according to the FAO/WHO guidelines with the help of Allermatch (230 kB)
Mark W.E.J. Fiers, Gijs A. Kleter, Ad A.C.M. Peijnenburg, Herman Nijland, Jan Peter Nap and Roeland C.H.J. van Ham (The Netherlands)

The living and occupational environment

13. Low-pollen-allergen ryegrasses: towards a continent free of hay fever? (52kB)
G. Spangenberg, N. Petrovska, G.A. Kearney and K.F. Smith (Australia)

14. Strategies for prevention and mitigation of hay fever (69 kB)
M.F. Schenk, A.J.H. van Vliet, M.J.M. Smulders and L.J.W.J. Gilissen (The Netherlands)

15. Prevention of occupational allergies (42 kB)
H. de Groot, G.C.M. Groenewoud, A.M.H. Bijl, N.W. de Jong, A. Burdorf, A.W. van Toorenenbergen, T. Blacquiere, C.C. Smeekens and R. Gerth van Wijk (The Netherlands)

People and society

16. Allergy between the ears? (35 kB)
Richard Shepherd (United Kingdom)

17. Economic impact of allergy prevention (27 kB)
Miranda Mugford (United Kingdom)

18. Communication needs and food allergy: an analysis of stakeholder views (87 kB)
Susan Miles (United Kingdom), Rene Crevel (United Kingdom), George Chryssochoidis (Greece), Lynn Frewer (The Netherlands), Kate Grimshaw (United Kingdom), Alicia Guidonet Riera (Spain), Hazel Gowland (United Kingdom), Rebecca Knibb (United Kingdom), Priska Koch (Switzerland), Charlotte Madson (Denmark), Clare Mills (United Kingdom), Susanna Palkonen (Finland), Sylvia Pfaff (Germany), Romana Roccaldo (Italy), Joachim Scholderer (Denmark), Oydis Ueland (Norway), Erkka Valovirta (Belgium) and Wim Verbeke (Belgium)

19. Allergy prevention: consumer perspectives (29 kB)
David Reading (United Kingdom)

20. The patient's voice in allergy prevention (21 kB)
Erkka Valovirta (Belgium)