Zika Virus Infection Risk of Spreading in Europe

This book describes the demographic and clinical patterns of Zika infection and evaluates the risk of it spreading to Europe. It reflects the hands-on experience of the author, who as a physician, was faced with the first-ever cases reported in Europe. Providing essential background information on t...

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Main Authors Díaz-Menéndez, Marta, Crespillo-Andújar, Clara
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer 2017
Springer International Publishing AG
Springer International Publishing
Edition1
SeriesSpringerBriefs in Immunology
Subjects
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Medical Microbiology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Virology
Zika virus
Zika virus infection
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Summary:This book describes the demographic and clinical patterns of Zika infection and evaluates the risk of it spreading to Europe. It reflects the hands-on experience of the author, who as a physician, was faced with the first-ever cases reported in Europe. Providing essential background information on the viral vector, it addresses the various symptoms after infection, and places them in the epidemiological context of past outbreaks. The book addresses the needs of physicians attending patients with infectious diseases, including infectious-disease specialists, pediatricians, internal medicine specialists, general practitioners, obstetricians, tropical medicine and travel medicine specialists, preventive medicine and public health specialists, microbiologists, biologists and vectorial control specialists. It raises clinicians' and travel health clinics' awareness of the evolution of Zika virus outbreaks and the affected areas so that they can include this infection in their differential diagnoses for travelers from those areas.
ISBN:3319594052
9783319594057
ISSN:2194-2773
2194-2781
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-59406-4