Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it /
Barbour, Alan G., 1946-
Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it / Alan G. Barbour, MD. - ix, 375 pages ; 23 cm. - A Johns Hopkins press health book .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781421417202 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781421417219 (pbk.) 1421417200 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1421417219 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2014036888
Lyme disease--Popular works.
RC155.5 / .B38 2015
616.9/246
Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it / Alan G. Barbour, MD. - ix, 375 pages ; 23 cm. - A Johns Hopkins press health book .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781421417202 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781421417219 (pbk.) 1421417200 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1421417219 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2014036888
Lyme disease--Popular works.
RC155.5 / .B38 2015
616.9/246