Lyme disease
Subtitle: why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it
By: Alan G. Barbour, MD
Edition: Second edition.
Series: A Johns Hopkins Press health book; Johns Hopkins Press health book
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781421417202; 9781421417219
Subjects: Lyme disease; Popular Works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early infection and the immune response; title: Late infection and its complications; title: The pathogen, its vector, and its reservoirs; title: The ecology of lyme disease; title: Approach to diagnosis; title: Laboratory tests: the basics; title: Putting laboratory testing in its place; title: Antibiotics and lyme disease: the basics; title: Putting the antibiotics to use; title: After antibiotic therapy ends; title: Deer ticks transmit other diseases; title: Preventing lyme disease: community-wide measures; title: Preventing lyme disease: personal and household protection.