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Preface -- Emerging Viruses: From Early Detection to Intervention; References; How to Tackle Natural Focal Infections: From Risk Assessment to Vaccination Strategies; 1 Eco-Epidemiology: How to Predict and Control the Occurrence of Natural Focal Infectious Diseases; 1.1 Ecological Niche Modelling; 1.2 The Boosted Regression Trees Method; 1.3 Macroecology; 2 Natural Focal Diseases Mapping and Control: Two Paradigmatic Examples; 2.1 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: A Mapping Exercise; 2.2 A Vaccine for CCHF: Give Prevention a Chance.

2 Epidemiological Features of MERS-CoV2.1 Discovery and Evolution; 2.2 Geographical Distribution; 2.3 Origin and Transmission of MERS-CoV; 2.4 Natural History and Pathogenesis; 3 Clinical Presentation; 4 Laboratory Diagnosis and Diagnostics; 5 Management of Mers Patients; 6 Infection Control and Transmission Risk; 7 Surveillance, Prevention and Control; References; Emerging Zika Virus Infection: A Rapidly Evolving Situation; 1 Introduction; 2 Geographic Distribution; 3 ZIKA Virus as Health Emergency of International Concern; 4 Phylogenesis; 5 Vectors and Reservoirs; 6 Flavivirus Structure.

2.3 Tick Borne Encephalitis: Vaccine Use to Control a Natural Focal Disease3 Conclusions; References; Human-Animal Interface: The Case for Influenza Interspecies Transmission; 1 Introduction; 2 The Viruses; 3 Molecular Determinants of Host-Range Restriction and Pathogenesis; 3.1 Hemagglutinin and Receptor-Binding Specificity; 3.2 Other Virulence Determinants; 4 Pandemic Influenza; 5 Animal Influenza; 5.1 Wild Bird-Domestic Bird Interface; 5.2 Domestic Bird-Mammalian Interface; 5.2.1 Domestic Poultry; 5.2.2 Swine Influenza; 6 Increasing Threats of Influenza at the Human-Animal Interface.

7 Mode of Transmission7.1 Mosquitoe-Borne ZIKV Transmission; 7.2 Sexual ZIKV Transmission; 7.3 Blood Transfusion and Transplantation ZIKV Transmission; 7.4 Vertical ZIKV Transmission; 7.5 Human-To-Human ZIKV Transmission; 8 Clinical Manifestations; 8.1 Typical ZIKV Manifestation; 8.2 ZIKV-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome; 8.3 ZIKV-Associated Neurological Disorders; 8.4 ZIKV-Associated Microcephaly; 9 Diagnosis; 10 Biological Basis for Pathogenetic Effects; 11 Perspective for ZIKV Control and Treatment; 11.1 Vector Control; 11.2 Vaccine Development; 11.3 Therapeutics; 12 Conclusions.

Changing Conditions that Favor Influenza Transmissibility7 Conclusions; References; Bats and Emerging Infections: An Ecological and Virological Puzzle; 1 Introduction; 2 Why the Bats Are Good Virus Reservoirs?; 2.1 Evolution and Phylogeny of Bats; 2.2 Species Richness; 2.3 Ability to Fly; 2.4 Long Lifespan and Bat Ecology; 3 Virus Dynamic in Bat Populations; 4 Changes in Ecology and Management of Bat Populations; 5 Risk Factors and Prevention Tasks; References; The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus -- A Continuing Risk to Global Health Security; 1 Introduction.

The chapters in this topical volume of Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health present exciting, insightful observations on emerging viral infections like influenza, Middle East respiratory syndrome, or mosquito-transmitted diseases, as well as the potential of social media in preventing and fighting infectious diseases. This rapidly developing field of study, which involves interdisciplinary and challenging research conducted in both industrialized and limited-resource countries, can yield vital information for the life and social sciences, for public health, and for healthcare in general. The aim of this volume is to contribute to the development of knowledge on emerging infections in the endless struggle between viruses and man. The chapters selected are not intended as a systematic collection of all emerging infections, but instead highlight recent discoveries and provide insights on today's hot topics. The book offers a valuable resource for all scientists working in the field of emerging viral infections and possible vaccines, as well as for laboratory and medical staff whose work involves preventing, controlling and combatting infectious diseases.