TY - JOUR
T1 - Current views and advances on paediatric virology
T2 - An update for paediatric trainees (review)
AU - Mammas, Ioannis N.
AU - Greenough, Anne
AU - Theodoridou, Maria
AU - Kramvis, Anna
AU - Christaki, Iliana
AU - Koutsaftiki, Chryssie
AU - Koutsaki, Maria
AU - Portaliou, Dimitra M.
AU - Kostagianni, Georgia
AU - Panagopoulou, Paraskevi
AU - Sourvinos, George
AU - Spandidos, Demetrios A.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Paediatric Virology is a bold new scientific field, which combines Paediatrics with Virology, Epidemiology, Molecular Medicine, Evidence‑based Medicine, Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement, Pharmacology and Immunology. The Workshop on Paediatric Virology, which took place on Saturday October 10, 2015 in Athens, Greece, provided an overview of recent views and advances on viral infections occurring in neonates and children. It was included in the official programme of the 20th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and the 18th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine, which attracted over 500 delegates from the five continents. During the Workshop, the topics covered included the challenges of vaccine implementation against human papillomaviruses in countries under financial crisis, strategies for eradicating poliomyelitis and its 60th vaccine anniversary, as well as the debate on the association between autism and vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella. Among the non‑vaccine related topics, emphasis was given to viral infections in prematurely born infants and their long-term outcomes, new paediatric intensive care management options for bronchiolitis related to respiratory syncytial virus, the clinical implications of hepatitis B virus and cytomegalovirus genotyping, the Ebola virus threat and preparedness in Paediatric Emergency Departments, oral, oropharynx, laryngeal, nasal and ocular viral infections and Merkel cell polyomavirus as a novel emerging virus of infancy and childhood. In this review, we provide selected presentations and reports discussed at the Workshop.
AB - Paediatric Virology is a bold new scientific field, which combines Paediatrics with Virology, Epidemiology, Molecular Medicine, Evidence‑based Medicine, Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement, Pharmacology and Immunology. The Workshop on Paediatric Virology, which took place on Saturday October 10, 2015 in Athens, Greece, provided an overview of recent views and advances on viral infections occurring in neonates and children. It was included in the official programme of the 20th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and the 18th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine, which attracted over 500 delegates from the five continents. During the Workshop, the topics covered included the challenges of vaccine implementation against human papillomaviruses in countries under financial crisis, strategies for eradicating poliomyelitis and its 60th vaccine anniversary, as well as the debate on the association between autism and vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella. Among the non‑vaccine related topics, emphasis was given to viral infections in prematurely born infants and their long-term outcomes, new paediatric intensive care management options for bronchiolitis related to respiratory syncytial virus, the clinical implications of hepatitis B virus and cytomegalovirus genotyping, the Ebola virus threat and preparedness in Paediatric Emergency Departments, oral, oropharynx, laryngeal, nasal and ocular viral infections and Merkel cell polyomavirus as a novel emerging virus of infancy and childhood. In this review, we provide selected presentations and reports discussed at the Workshop.
KW - Ebola
KW - Hepatitis B
KW - Human papilloma virus
KW - Infectious mononucleosis
KW - Measles
KW - Merkel cell polyomavirus
KW - Mumps
KW - Paediatric virology
KW - Poliomyelitis
KW - Respiratory syncytial virus
KW - Rubella
KW - Viral infections
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949470730&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3892/etm.2015.2890
DO - 10.3892/etm.2015.2890
M3 - Literature review
AN - SCOPUS:84949470730
SN - 1792-0981
VL - 11
SP - 6
EP - 14
JO - Experimental And Therapeutic Medicine
JF - Experimental And Therapeutic Medicine
IS - 1
ER -
