title: 6th meeting of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
abstract: The 6th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), which was recently held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 18 and 22 November 2009, attracted 2401 attendees from 90 countries representing six continents. The WSPID, founded in 1994 by Professor Saldana Gonzalez of the Mexican Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, is a network of pediatric infectious diseases societies dedicated to the treatment and prevention of pediatric infectious diseases. All the regional societies from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Australasia and Africa have participated in the WSPID.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. afalade33@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Adegoke Gbadegesin
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Falade
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001118:Argentina; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines