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    zika virus disease: From origin to outbreak
    zika virus disease: From origin to outbreak
    zika virus disease: From origin to outbreak
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    zika virus disease: From origin to outbreak

    By Adnan I. Qureshi

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    Zika Virus provides an authoritative account of one of most fascinating viruses of the 21st century, covering all the main points. It includes coverage of clinical manifestations, such as fever and fatigue, but also delves into neurological manifestations like acute demyelinating neuropathy. In addition, the book discusses new evidence that suggests that Zika fever in pregnant women can cause abnormal brain development in fetuses by mother-to-child transmission. The Zika virus infection has become one of the first where women are actively discouraged from getting pregnant. Readers will find this book to be a comprehensive resource on the topic.

    • Covers every important aspect of the Zika virus disease, from biological, to social and economic impacts
    • Focuses on women’s health issues that have surfaced, including birth defects in newborns
    • Written in an easy to comprehend manner, with technical terms clearly defined in chapters that highlight genetics
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcademic Press
    Release dateNov 17, 2017
    ISBN9780128125472
    zika virus disease: From origin to outbreak
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    Adnan I. Qureshi

    Dr. Qureshi is executive director, Zeenat Qureshi Institutes, and professor of Neurology at University of Missouri, Columbia. He has written over 670 scientific publications in prestigious journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Archives of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, American Journal of Medicine, and Circulation. In addition, he has made over 2000 presentations in various national and international meetings. He has served as an invited speaker at numerous national and international forums. He has also been invited as visiting professor to universities in the United States and abroad. He is the editor of several textbooks and serves on editorial boards for several peer-review journals. He was the principal investigator of a large multinational clinical trial funded by National Institutes of Health. He has travelled extensively and written about Ebola virus disease epidemic after his visit to West Africa during the epidemic. His group led the study on Ebola virus disease survivors. He was also the editor for book on Zika virus disease. He laid the foundation of the Zeenat Qureshi Institutes in several countries including United States, China, Guinea, and Turkey. Since its inauguration, the institutes have led the way in cutting edge research in epidemiology, clinical trials, and basic research.

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      The book "Zika virus disease: from origin to outbreak is another exciting contemporary work after our previous book Ebola virus disease: from origin to outbreak which was very well received. However, the Zika virus infection outbreak was completely different from the previous Ebola virus disease outbreak. Zika virus disease is a mild disease with most infected patients experiencing no or nonspecific symptoms with complete recovery. Dying from the disease is almost unheard of. And yet, World Health Organization declared Zika virus disease a Public Health Emergency of International Concern." As the readers will learn through well chronicled progression of events over half a century in our book, the mild self-limiting nature of Zika virus infection made it difficult to identify the disease among population and harder to justify allocating resources to control the global spread. The world started expressing prominent concerns when Zika viral infection during pregnancy was linked to neurological abnormalities occurring in fetuses. Our book will lead the readers through comparisons with previous and related viral infections so the unique aspects of this outbreak are highlighted. The new face of a viral outbreak is not going to be characterized by isolation camps populated by dying patients and medical professionals with daunting protective gear. The invisible face of the outbreak will be concerned potential parents living through the threat of having a new born with serious lifelong disability with no means to prevent this occurrence (unlike other infections in pregnancy). Our book will provide an up to date description on Zika viral infections, pathophysiology, and therapeutics. The readers will appreciate the social, financial, and psychological aspects of such a disease through well-articulated data presented in our book. The reader may be left to wonder how many other viruses are out there that we have ignored as insignificant and thus allowed them to progress to a full blown outbreak like Zika virus

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