Lyme Disease : Why It's Spreading, How It Makes You Sick, and What to Do about It /

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barbour, Alan G., 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lyme disease.
Maladie de Lyme.
Maladie de Lyme > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Lyme Disease
Lyme disease > Popular works.
Popular works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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