TY - JOUR T1 - ERS syllabus for postgraduate training in respiratory infections: a guide for comprehensive training JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 269 LP - 275 DO - 10.1183/20734735.026218 VL - 14 IS - 4 AU - Stefano Aliberti AU - Amy Farr AU - Nathalie Tabin AU - Francesco Blasi AU - Antoni Torres AU - Mark Woodhead AU - Giovanni Battista Migliori AU - Giovanni Sotgiu AU - George Dimopoulos AU - James D. Chalmers AU - Felix C. Ringshausen AU - Michael R. Loebinger AU - Robert Read AU - Gernot Rohde Y1 - 2018/12/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/14/4/269.abstract N2 - Respiratory infections, including tuberculosis, represent one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality across the world. They represent the deadliest communicable diseases causing 3.0 million deaths worldwide in 2016 [1]. The burden of respiratory infections can be unbearable for some health systems: they represent one of the most common reasons for doctor visits, regardless of age and sex [2].ERS has developed a syllabus for postgraduate training in respiratory infections to guide programme designers http://ow.ly/xJ0R30m8CYBThe task force would like to acknowledge Albert Osterhaus (Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany) for his work on this project.The authors affiliations are as follows. Stefano Aliberti: Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milano, Milan, Italy, and Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. Amy Farr and Nathalie Tabin: European Respiratory Society, Educational Activities Dept, Lausanne, Switzerland. Francesco Blasi: Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milano, Milan, Italy. Antoni Torres: Pneumology Dept, Hospital CLINIC, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERE, Barcelona, Spain. Mark Woodhead: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Giovanni Battista Migliori: Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy. Giovanni Sotgiu: Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy. George Dimopoulos: Dept of Critical Care, University Hospital ATTIKON, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. James D. Chalmers: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK. Felix C. Ringshausen: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany. Michael R. Loebinger: Host Defence Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK. Robert Read: Academic Unit of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK. Gernot Rohde: Medical clinic I, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. ER -