Lyme Disease: The Cause, the Cure, the Controversy

Discusses what is known and suspected about the disease, using on-going stories of five fictional patients. Explains how Lyme disease is spread, symptoms and consequences, diagnostic tests, and proven and unproven treatments, and compares the disease with other conditions. Includes illustrations of ticks and rashes caused by their bites, and maps showing worldwide distribution and relative risk in the US. For general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Discusses how the disease is spread, who is at risk, the symptoms and consequences of Lyme disease, diagnosis of the condition, successful and unsuccessful treatments, and how to avoid getting the disease

General

ISBN		9780801852244
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Pages		258
List Price		$52.00
Author		Barbour, Alan G.
Publication Date		04/01/1996
Release Status		Out of Print
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 9.5 Inches (US) Width: 6.5 Inches (US) Thickness: 1 Inches (US)
Series		Johns Hopkins Health Book