title: Current views and advances on Paediatric Virology: An update for paediatric trainees.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Virology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Mammas
authors.affiliation: Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London SE5 9RS, UK.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greenough
authors.affiliation: First Department of Paediatrics, 'Aghia Sophia' Children's Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens 11527, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theodoridou
authors.affiliation: Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kramvis
authors.affiliation: Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.
authors.forename: Iliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Christaki
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), 'Penteli' Children's Hospital, Penteli 15236, Greece.
authors.forename: Chryssie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koutsaftiki
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion 71110, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koutsaki
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vision and Optics (BEMMO-IVO), University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitra M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Portaliou
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 'Thriassio' General Hospital, Elefsina 19200, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kostagianni
authors.affiliation: 4th Department of Paediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 'Papageorgiou' General Hospital, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panagopoulou
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Virology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sourvinos
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Virology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
authors.forename: Demetrios A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Spandidos
keywords: Ebola; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Paediatric Virology; hepatitis B; human papilloma virus; infectious mononucleosis; measles; mumps; poliomyelitis; respiratory syncytial virus; rubella; viral infections