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Lyme Disease - The Ecology of a Complex System (Paperback)
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Lyme Disease - The Ecology of a Complex System (Paperback)
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Most human diseases come from nature, from pathogens that live and
breed in non-human animals and are "accidentally" transmitted to
us. Human illness is only the culmination of a complex series of
interactions among species in their natural habitats. To avoid
exposure to these pathogens, we must understand which species are
involved, what regulates their abundance, and how they interact.
Lyme disease affects the lives of millions of people in the US,
Europe, and Asia. It is the most frequently reported vector-borne
disease in the United States; About 20,000 cases have been reported
each year over the past five years, and tens of thousands more go
unrecognized and unreported. Despite the epidemiological importance
of understanding variable LD risk, such pursuit has been slow,
indirect, and only partially successful, due in part to an
overemphasis on identifying the small subset of 'key players' that
contribute to Lyme disease risk, as well as a general
misunderstanding of effective treatment options. This controversial
book is a comprehensive, synthetic review of research on the
ecology of Lyme disease in North America. It describes how humans
get sick, why some years and places are so risky and others not. It
challenges dogma - for instance, that risk is closely tied to the
abundance of deer - and replaces it with a new understanding that
embraces the complexity of species and their interactions. It
describes why the place where Lyme disease emerged - coastal New
England - set researchers on mistaken pathways. It shows how tiny
acorns have enormous impacts on our probability of getting sick,
why biodiversity is good for our health, why living next to a small
woodlot is dangerous, and why Lyme disease is an excellent model
system for understanding many other human and animal diseases.
Intended for an audience of professional and student ecologists,
epidemiologists, and other health scientists, it is written in an
informal style accessible also to non-scientists interested in
human health and conservation.
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