Paediatric virology: A rapidly increasing educational challenge (Review)

Ioannis N. Mammas, Maria Theodoridou, Anna Kramvis, Prakash Thiagarajan, Sharryn Gardner, Georgia Papaioannou, Angeliki Melidou, Maria Koutsaki, Georgia Kostagianni, Vassilis Achtsidis, Chryssie Koutsaftiki, Marcos Calachanis, Apostolos Zaravinos, Anne Greenough, Demetrios A. Spandidos*

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Abstract

The ‘2nd Workshop on Paediatric Virology’, which took place on Saturday the 8th of October 2016 in Athens, Greece, provided an overview on recent views and advances on Paediatric Virology. Emphasis was given to HIV-1 management in Greece, a country under continuous financial crisis, hepatitis B vaccination in Africa, treatment options for hepatitis C virus in childhood, Zika virus in pregnancy and infancy, the burden of influenza on childhood, hand-foot-mouth disease and myocarditis associated with Coxsackie viruses. Other general topics covered included a critical evaluation of Paediatric Accident and Emergency viral infections, multimodality imaging of viral infections in children, surgical approaches of otolaryngologists to complex viral infections, new advances in the diagnosis and treatment of viral conjunctivitis and novel molecular diagnostic methods for HPV in childhood. A brief historical overview of the anti-vaccination movement was also provided, as well as presentations on the educational challenge of Paediatric Virology as a new subspecialty of Paediatrics. This review highlights selected lectures and discussions of the workshop.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)364-377
Number of pages14
JournalExperimental And Therapeutic Medicine
Volume13
Issue number2
Early online date23 Dec 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • AIDS
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Coxsackie viruses
  • ENT
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV-1
  • HPV
  • Influenza
  • MRI
  • Paediatric virology
  • Viral infections
  • Zika virus

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