TY - JOUR
TI - Paediatric Virology and its interaction between basic science and
clinical practice
AU - Mammas, Ioannis N.
AU - Greenough, Anne
AU - Theodoridou, Maria and
AU - Kramvis, Anna
AU - Rusan, Maria
AU - Melidou, Angeliki
AU - Korovessi,
AU - Paraskevi
AU - Papaioannou, Georgia
AU - Papatheodoropoulou, Alexia and
AU - Koutsaftiki, Chryssie
AU - Liston, Maria
AU - Sourvinos, George and
AU - Spandidos, Demetrios A.
JO - International Journal of Molecular Medicine
PY - 2018
VL - 41
TODO - 3
SP - 1165-1176
PB - SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
SN - 1107-3756, 1791-244X
TODO - 10.3892/ijmm.2018.3364
TODO - Paediatric Virology; viral infections; breast feeding; respiratory
syncytial virus; premature neonates; migration crisis; hepatits B;
hepatitis C; human papillomavirus; probiotics; brain imaging; Paediatric
Intensive Care Unit; asthma; influenza; Athenian Agora; continuing
medical education
TODO - The 3rd Workshop on Paediatric Virology, which took place on October
7th, 2017 in Athens, Greece, highlighted the role of breast feeding in
the prevention of viral infections during the first years of life.
Moreover, it focused on the long-term outcomes of respiratory syncytial
virus and rhinovirus infections in prematurely born infants and
emphasised the necessity for the development of relevant preventative
strategies. Other topics that were covered included the vaccination
policy in relation to the migration crisis, mother-to-child transmission
of hepatitis B and C viruses, vaccination against human papilloma
viruses in boys and advances on intranasal live-attenuated vaccination
against influenza. Emphasis was also given to the role of probiotics in
the management of viral infections in childhood, the potential
association between viral infections and the pathogenesis of asthma,
fetal and neonatal brain imaging and the paediatric intensive care of
children with central nervous system viral infections. Moreover, an
interesting overview of the viral causes of perinatal mortality in
ancient Greece was given, where recent archaeological findings from the
Athenian Agora's bone well were presented. Finally, different continuing
medical educational options in Paediatric Virology were analysed and
evaluated. The present review provides an update of the key topics
discussed during the workshop.
ER -