Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it / Alan G. Barbour, MD.
By: Barbour, Alan G.
Description: ix, 375 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1421417219 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781421417202 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781421417219 ; 9781421417219 (pbk.).Subject(s): Lyme disease -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.9/246Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | RC155.5 .B38 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000004057 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.