Zika and Other Neglected and Emerging Flaviviruses

The Continuing Threat to Human Health

Lisa Beltz
Elsevier S&T
212 pages
ISBN: 978-0323825016
March 2021

This book offers 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. 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, allowing an easy comparison of similarities and differences within this viral group. It concludes with a chapter tying together information about flaviviruses and other potential new microbial threats.