ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION (pb)2017

Offers a brief review of our current understanding of Zika virus infection Presents a physician’s hands-on experience for other physicians Highlights the role of the movement of people and mass gatherings in spreading viruses  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 Author: Marta Díaz-Menéndez Clara Crespillo-Andújar