The Mexican XIII National Congress of Virology. Introduction to the meeting

The meeting was organized by the Sociedad Mexicana de Virologia and involved the participation of 317 attendees from different education and investigation mexican institutes and from 5 countries. The scientific quality of the speakers was excellent and covered all issues and objectives of the meeting. A total of 37 oral presentations were presented in addition, there were two poster sessions with a total of 190 posters. At the different sessions we discussed the importance of the study of virology as an essential discipline whose approach under the One Health context requires intense and close collaboration between scientists, physicians, veterinarians, educators, and environmental health experts and government, which is crucial to face current and future challenges