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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583487803321

Titolo

Zika virus disease : from origin to outbreak / / edited by Adnan I. Qureshi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, , [2018]

�2018

ISBN

0-12-812547-0

0-12-812365-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 159 pages) : color illustrations, maps

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

614.5885

Soggetti

Zika virus

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Origin of Zika virus disease -- 2. Mosquito-borne diseases -- 3. Flaviviruses -- 4. Global healthcare perspective -- 5. United States health care perspective -- 6. Comparing the Zika virus disease pandemic to other disease pandemics -- 7. Viral structure and genetics -- 8. Clinical manifestations and laboratory diagnosis of Zika virus disease -- 9. Post-Zika virus infection survival -- 10. Zika virus infection : therapeutics -- 11. Economic impact of Zika virus -- 12. Psychological and social aspects of Zika virus disease.

Sommario/riassunto

The Zika Virus covers the Zika outbreak that began in 2015, discusses the history of the virus and its discovery, examines how the virus spreads and how it affects the infected, and looks at how the medical community is fighting it.--