MAIN TOPICS: Influenza and new respiratory viral agents, Viral emerging infections, Viral congenital and neonatal infections, Viral blood born infections, Anthropozoonoses of viral origin, Viral gastroenteritis, Viruses and immunosuppressed host, Viral pathogenesis and immunity, Viral diagnosis, Viruses and oncogenesis, New antiviral agents, Strategies and progress in viral vaccines, Molecular epidemiology, Quality assurance in virology laboratory.