title: Paediatric Virology: A rapidly increasing educational challenge.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Mammas
authors.affiliation: 1st 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: Neonatal Unit, Division for Women's and Children's Health, Noble's Hospital, Douglas, Isle of Man IM4 4RJ, British Isles.
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thiagarajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Children's Accident and Emergency, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Ormskirk L39 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Sharryn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, 'Mitera' Children's Hospital, Athens 15123, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.affiliation: 2nd Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
authors.forename: Angeliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melidou
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Neurology Division, 3rd Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Athens, 'Attikon' University Hospital, Athens 12462, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koutsaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 'Triassio' General Hospital, Elefsina 19200, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kostagianni
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Cornwall Hospitals, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LQ, UK.
authors.forename: Vassilis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Achtsidis
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 Paediatric Cardiology, 'Penteli' Children's Hospital, Penteli 15236, Greece.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calachanis
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia 1516, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaravinos
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: Department of Clinical Virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
authors.forename: Demetrios A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Spandidos
keywords: AIDS; Coxsackie viruses; ENT; HIV-1; HPV; MRI; Paediatric Virology; Zika virus; conjunctivitis; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; influenza; viral infections