Week 9 Community Chapter 15: Emerging Infectious Diseases

Week 9 Community Chapter 15: Emerging Infectious Diseases: A neighbor, who is 3 months pregnant, asks to talk to you because she has felt tired for the last 2 days…

Week 9 Community Chapter 15: Emerging Infectious Diseases

Chapter 15: Emerging Infectious Diseases

A neighbor, who is 3 months pregnant, asks to talk to you because she has felt tired for the last 2 days, has a headache, a rash, and does not feel like eating.

You take her vital signs and find that she has a low-grade fever. She has recently traveled to an area where there is risk for Zika virus disease.

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To what could your neighbor have been exposed, and how could the exposure have occurred?

What advice would you give your neighbor?