Zika virus : the pregnancy plague / Richard Mertens.

In December 2015 Brazil understood that a new arbovirus had appeared on the landscape. The mosquito borne Zika virus was known but considered a minor nuisance. But then an alarming surge in birth defects was recognized, a ten-fold increase in confirmed cases of microcephaly, a condition where an infant's cranial vault is less than one half normal size ... This book explores Zika's recent rise and what we should expect in the United States when Zika moves north.--back cover