Conquering Lyme Disease : : Science Bridges the Great Divide /

Conquering Lyme Disease : : Science Bridges the Great Divide / / Brian A. Fallon, Jennifer Sotsky.

With more than 300,000 cases diagnosed each year, Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the United States. However, doctors are deeply divided on how to diagnose and treat it, leading to the controversy known as the "Lyme Wars." Firmly entrenched camps have emerged, causing...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Fallon, Brian A.,
Sotsky, Jennifer,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]
©2017
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 60 color illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PREFACE
  • BASIC TERMINOLOGY
  • 1. WHAT IS LYME DISEASE?
  • 2. THE EARLY HISTORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE
  • 3. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF LYME DISEASE?
  • 4. WHAT DO THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TELL US?
  • 5. THE GREAT DIVIDE AND THE LYME WARS
  • 6. WHY WOULD SYMPTOMS PERSIST AFTER ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT FOR LYME DISEASE?
  • 7. WHAT ARE THE TREATMENTS FOR LYME DISEASE?
  • 8. OTHER TICK-BORNE INFECTIONS
  • 9. WHAT OTHER NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES CAUSE LYME-LIKE SYMPTOMS?
  • 10. LYME DISEASE PREVENTION AND TRANSMISSION
  • 11. SUGGESTIONS TO THE PATIENT SEEKING EVALUATION OR TREATMENT
  • 12. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PATIENT WITH CHRONIC SYMPTOMS
  • 13. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
  • 14. THE GOOD NEWS EMERGING FROM LYME DISEASE RESEARCH
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • References
  • Index

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