Zika Virus: Zika Virus Infection: Everything you need to know about Zika Virus: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment (ePub)

The Zika virus was very uncommon, until recently. Zika virus has been in the news for a while now, especially this year. This has been due to the recent widespread infections in parts of America, mostly South America. This has led to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention issuing travel alerts to anyone who wishes to travel to exercise extra caution while travelling to these countries until the situation is contained. Well, probably this is how you came to find out about the existence of this virus, few people know about it. There are many reasons why people in South and Central America and some parts of North America are freaking out because of this virus. This leads us to the more frequent questions in so many people's minds; this book will answer these questions in a brief but in an all you need to know way. The following chapters will be used to provide an in-depth analysis of this virus.

1.) Introduction to the Zika virus

2.) How is Zika virus transmitted?

3.) Common signs and symptoms of Zika virus infection

4.) Zika virus in pregnancy and children: microcephaly explained

5.) Is Zika virus preventable and treatable?

6.) Conclusion

This book will tackle all these topics so as to provide the reader the needed information on zika virus. In a small subtopic, we will also look at the countries where the virus is more prevalent and the main reason for the widespread of that virus in those regions. There is the common belief that it is only in knowing what you are dealing with that you can be able to defend yourself. I hope you will find this book very useful in your quest to know more about this virus.