Virology World Conference
Pandemic Preparedness
Scientists warn that as countries fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, devastating breakouts of additional viruses are unavoidable. More than six different influenza pandemics and epidemics have occurred in less over a century, according to history. In the last five decades, Ebola viruses have spread from animals around 25 times. At least seven coronaviruses have caused disease and death, including SARS-CoV-2. Because it is unlikely that a pandemic can be prevented, being prepared is essential. For at least 20 years, biosecurity and public health epidemiologists and academics have been sketching out contingency plans. Surveillance to detect diseases, data collecting and modelling to see how they spread, public-health counselling and communication, and the development of medicines and vaccinations are the essential components.
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Oscar Fornas
Pompeu Fabra University and Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, Spain
Saurabh Chattopadhyay
The University of Toledo, United States
Theodoros Androutsakos
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Lucija Nuskern
University of Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
Pallavi Rai
VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, United States
Athanasios-Dimitrios Bakasis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ioanna E. Stergiou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Title : Detection and genetic characterization of emerging viruses in symptomatic children with enteritis
Amoroso Maria Grazia , Zooprofilactic and Experimental Institute of Southern Italy, Italy
Title : Regulation of IRF3 functions to control viral infections
Saurabh Chattopadhyay, The University of Toledo, United States
Title : Post-vaccination antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with liver cirrhosis. What do we know so far?
Theodoros Androutsakos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Title : Single-virus sorting by Flow Cytometry: a methodology to elucidate the virosphere
Oscar Fornas, Pompeu Fabra University and Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, Spain
Title : Evolutionary trajectory and origin of SARS-CoV-2
Anyou Wang, University of Memphis, United States
Title : Post- vaccination humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with haematologic malignancies
Ioanna E. Stergiou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece