Lyme : the first epidemic of climate change /

Lyme disease is spreading rapidly around the globe as ticks move into places they could not survive before. The first epidemic to emerge in the age of climate change, Lyme infects half a million people in the US and Europe each year, and untold multitudes in Canada, China, Russia, and Australia. Mar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pfeiffer, Mary Beth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018]
Temas:
Lyme disease.
Ticks as carriers of disease.
Climatic changes.
Lyme Disease > epidemiology
Lyme Disease
Climate Change
Maladie de Lyme.
Tiques (Vecteurs de maladies)
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Climatic changes
Lyme disease
Ticks as carriers of disease
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ticks, rising
  • "Invisible assassin"
  • An ancient bug revives
  • A disease, minimized
  • "Little armored tanks"
  • Faulty tests
  • An indestructible pathogen?
  • Not just lyme
  • Childhood lost
  • Lyme takes flight
  • A lyme-free world.

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