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Zika and other neglected and emerging flaviviruses : the continuing threat to human health / edited by Lisa A. Beltz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2021Description: xiii, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780323825016
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.5885 Z647 23
LOC classification:
  • QR398 .Z55 2021
Contents:
Introduction to flaviviruses -- Dengue virus -- Zika virus -- West Nile virus -- Kunjin virus -- Usutu virus -- Murray Valley encephalitis virus -- Other neglected mosquito-borne flaviviruses: Ilhéus, Bussuquara, Rocio, Kokobera, Stratford, and Wesselsbron viruses -- Tickborne encephalitis virus -- Louping-III virus -- Powassan virus -- Kyasanur forest disease and alkhurma hemorrhagic fever viruses -- Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus -- Conclusions.
Summary: "Offering up-to-date coverage of familiar flaviviruses that are spreading into new regions or are causing increasingly severe disease, as well as viruses that are almost unknown in most developed nations, Zika and Other Neglected and Emerging Flaviviruses brings together information that allows for easy comparison of similarities and differences of this viral group in a single, convenient volume. Each chapter includes a brief Introduction, history, the diseases, the virus, the immune response, prevention or treatment, an extensive list of references, and a summary overview. The book concludes with a chapter tying together information about flaviviruses and other potential new microbial threats."--Publisher's website
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to flaviviruses -- Dengue virus -- Zika virus -- West Nile virus -- Kunjin virus -- Usutu virus -- Murray Valley encephalitis virus -- Other neglected mosquito-borne flaviviruses: Ilhéus, Bussuquara, Rocio, Kokobera, Stratford, and Wesselsbron viruses -- Tickborne encephalitis virus -- Louping-III virus -- Powassan virus -- Kyasanur forest disease and alkhurma hemorrhagic fever viruses -- Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus -- Conclusions.

"Offering up-to-date coverage of familiar flaviviruses that are spreading into new regions or are causing increasingly severe disease, as well as viruses that are almost unknown in most developed nations, Zika and Other Neglected and Emerging Flaviviruses brings together information that allows for easy comparison of similarities and differences of this viral group in a single, convenient volume. Each chapter includes a brief Introduction, history, the diseases, the virus, the immune response, prevention or treatment, an extensive list of references, and a summary overview. The book concludes with a chapter tying together information about flaviviruses and other potential new microbial threats."--Publisher's website

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