Paediatric Virology: A rapidly increasing educational challenge (Review)

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

doi:10.3892/etm.2016.3997

Paediatric Virology: A rapidly increasing educational challenge (Review)

Authors:
- 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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Affiliations: Department of Clinical Virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece, 1st Department of Paediatrics, ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children's Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens 11527, Greece, Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa, Neonatal Unit, Division for Women's and Children's Health, Noble's Hospital, Douglas, Isle of Man IM4 4RJ, British Isles, Department of Children's Accident and Emergency, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Ormskirk L39 2AZ, UK, Department of Paediatric Radiology, ‘Mitera’ Children's Hospital, Athens 15123, Greece, 2nd Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece, Paediatric Neurology Division, 3rd Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Athens, ‘Attikon’ University Hospital, Athens 12462, Greece, Department of Otorhinolaryngology ‑ Head and Neck Surgery, ‘Triassio’ General Hospital, Elefsina 19200, Greece, Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Cornwall Hospitals, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LQ, UK, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), ‘Penteli’ Children's Hospital, Penteli 15236, Greece, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, ‘Penteli’ Children's Hospital, Penteli 15236, Greece, Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia 1516, Cyprus, Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London SE5 9RS, UK
Published online on: December 23, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3997
Pages: 364-377
Copyright: © Mammas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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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.