Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the Flaviviridae virus family and the Flavivirus genus. In January 2016 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel guidance on affected countries, including the use of enhanced precautions, and guidelines for pregnant women including considering postponing travel. Other governments or health agencies soon issued similar travel warnings, while Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Jamaica advised women to postpone getting pregnant until more is known about the risks.
Components of the Book:
- FRONT MATTER
- Chapter 1
Zika Virus in Gabon (Central Africa) – 2007: A New Threat from Aedes albopictus?
- Chapter 2
Concurrent malaria and arbovirus infections in Kedougou, southeastern Senegal
- Chapter 3
Zika Virus Emergence in Mosquitoes in Southeastern Senegal, 2011
- Chapter 4
Invasion of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) into central Africa: what consequences for emerging diseases?
- Chapter 5
Potential Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus
- Chapter 6
Potential of selected Senegalese Aedes spp. mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit Zika virus
- Chapter 7
Oral Susceptibility of Singapore Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus) to Zika Virus
- Chapter 8
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse): A Potential Vector of Zika Virus in Singapore
- Chapter 9
Aedes hensilli as a Potential Vector of Chikungunya and Zika Viruses
- Chapter 10
Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century
- Chapter 11
Genetic Characterization of Zika Virus Strains: Geographic Expansion of the Asian Lineage
- Chapter 12
Detection of Zika Virus in Urine
- Chapter 13
Development of one-step quantitative reverse transcription PCR for the rapid detection of flaviviruses
- Chapter 14
One-step real-time RT-PCR assays for serotyping dengue virus in clinical samples
Readership:
Clinical practitioners and scientists in virus and medicine; pharmaceutical researchers; medical, medicinal and biological students and those with an interest in Zika virus.
Andrew D. Haddow
Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States.
Ann M Powers
PhD. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States.
Cheikh Tidiane Diagne
Ph.D. Institut Pasteur International Network, France.
Cheong Huat Tan
Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore.
Diawo Diallo
Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Senegal.
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