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Lyme Disease - The Ecology of a Complex System (Hardcover)
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Lyme Disease - The Ecology of a Complex System (Hardcover)
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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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