| Description |
ix, 375 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
A Johns Hopkins press health book |
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Johns Hopkins Press health book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Lyme disease -- Popular works.
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Lyme Disease.
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Lyme disease. (OCoLC)fst01004246
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| ISBN |
9781421417202 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781421417219 (pbk.) |
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9781421417226 (electronic) |
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1421417200 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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1421417219 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1421417227 (electronic) |
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