Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it / Alan G. Barbour.
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- ISBN: 9781421417219 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: ix, 315 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | First edition published as: Lyme Disease: The Cause, the Cure, the Controversy, 1996. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Three case histories and a parable -- 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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lakeshore Branch | 616.9246 Bar 2015 | 31681010345270 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |