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Title Zika : from the Brazilian backlands to global threat / Debora Diniz ; translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty.
Author Diniz, Debora, author.
Publication Info. London : Zed Books, 2017.
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Description xiv, 156 pages : maps ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-155).
Contents Telling the story -- Positive for Zika. Where it all began ; Deciphering an allergy epidemic ; A mysterious illness strikes Bahia -- The first generation of women. The foreigner ; The Northeasterners -- Footprints of the virus, The paralyzing syndrome ; The neuropediatricians from Recife ; The doctor from rural Paraíba -- Patient Zero -- The aftermath -- Implications for women worldwide.
Subject Zika virus -- History.
Zika virus infection.
Epidemics -- Brazil.
Added Author Grosklaus Whitty, Diane R., translator.
Added Title Zika. English
Related To Translation of: Diniz, Debora. Zika. Rio de Janeiro : Civilização Brasileira, 2016 (DLC) 2016320116 (OCoLC)965306809
ISBN 9781786991584 (paperback) : $24.95
1786991586 (paperback)