Lyme borreliosis : biology, epidemiology, and control / edited by J. Gray ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gray, J. (Jeremy S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyme disease.

Borrelia burgdorferi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon, UK. ; New York : CABI Pub., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Describes the basic characteristics of the disease, the biology of the pathogens in their vectors and vertebrate hosts, their ecology in different regions of the world and the global epidemiology of the disease. This book also addresses the prevention and control measures that have resulted from this knowledge.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 History and Characteristics of Lyme Borreliosis; 2 Ecological Research on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: Terminology and Some Methodological Pitfalls; 3 Molecular and Cellular Biology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; 4 Vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; 5 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Vertebrate Host; 6 Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Europe; 7 Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Russia; 8 Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Japan and East Asia

9 Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North America10 Epidemiology of Lyme Borreliosis; 11 Vaccination Against Lyme Borreliosis; 12 Environmental Management for Lyme Borreliosis Control; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-83364-5

9786610833641

0-85199-755-4

OCLC:

476061798