Welcome to the 9th EAPS Congress Programme Scheduling

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What can we expect from viruses in the next 10 years

It is difficult, if not impossible, to make accurate predictions about the future. However, findings from the past and present sometimes give a good clue. I therefore think it is safe to say that outbreaks with emerging or reemerging infections (often viruses) will remain to be an reality in our (medical) lives in times to come, with “new” pandemics to be expected. Even with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still ongoing new threats have already been encountered, like the monkeypox outbreak in countries were the disease is not endemic and the elusive acute hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology in children.

I will discuss some past outbreaks and show the general driving force behind these. In addition my talk will address the role of, but also, the lack of data from children during these outbreaks. I will provide some suggestions on how I think we can improve collection of data in children during outbreaks. Finally, depending what the season will bring, I will discuss what is circulating at the time of EAPS 2022.