Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it /
Barbour, Alan G.,1946-author.
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.
"First edition published as 'Lyme Disease: the cause, the cure, the controversy', 1996."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Lyme disease