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 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.

List of contents

Introduction.- The Epidemiology.- The Virus.- The Vector.- Routes of Infection.- The Disease.- Laboratory Diagnosis.- Treatment.- Prevention.- Risk of Globalization of the Disease in Europe.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Clara Crespillo Andújar, Clara Crespillo-Andújar, Marta Díaz Menéndez, Mart Díaz-Menéndez, Marta Díaz-Menéndez
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9783319594057
• ISBN: 978-3-31-959405-7
• No. of pages: 93
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 239 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 180 g
• Illustrations: XI, 93 p. 9 illus., 2 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Immunology; SpringerBriefs in Immunology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; C, Immunology, Public Health und Präventivmedizin, Mikrobiologie und Virologie, INTERNAL MEDICINE, health promotion, Public health & preventive medicine, Medical microbiology & virology, infectious diseases, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Microbiology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public health and preventive medicine, Virology, Medical microbiology and virology