Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it
Title:
Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it
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ISBN:
9781421417202
9781421417219
Physical Description:
ix, 315 pages ill. ; 24 cm
Series:
A Johns Hopkins press health book
Johns Hopkins Press health book.
General Note:
"First edition published as Lyme Disease: the cause, the cure, the controversy, 1996."
Contents:
Early infection and the immune response -- Late infection and its complications -- The pathogen, its vector, and its reservoirs -- The ecology of lyme disease -- Approach to diagnosis -- Laboratory tests: the basics -- Putting laboratory testing in its place -- Antibiotics and lyme disease: the basics -- Putting the antibiotics to use -- After antibiotic therapy ends -- Deer ticks transmit other diseases -- Preventing lyme disease: community-wide measures -- Preventing lyme disease: personal and household protection.
Summary:
An expert on tick-borne diseases, Alan G. Barbour explains the course of illness that results from infection, diagnosis and treatment options, and steps that can be taken to avoid a tick bite in the first place. The ticks that transmit Lyme disease may also transmit other disease-causing pathogens, and these other infections are considered as well.
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