Current perspectives on viral disease outbreaks: epidemiology, detection and control

The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded the world that infectious diseases are still important. The last 40 years have experienced the emergence of new or resurging viral diseases such as AIDS, ebola, MERS, SARS, Zika, and others. These diseases display diverse epidemiologies ranging from sexual transmis...

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Other Authors: Claborn, David (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London IntechOpen [2022]
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded the world that infectious diseases are still important. The last 40 years have experienced the emergence of new or resurging viral diseases such as AIDS, ebola, MERS, SARS, Zika, and others. These diseases display diverse epidemiologies ranging from sexual transmission to vector-borne transmission (or both, in the case of Zika). This book provides an overview of recent developments in the detection, monitoring, treatment, and control of several viral diseases that have caused recent epidemics or pandemics.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (286 pages)
ISBN:9781838819118
9781838819156
DOI:10.5772/intechopen.92485