Lyme disease : the ecology of a complex system / Richard S. Ostfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostfeld, Richard S., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyme disease--Environmental aspects.

Lyme disease.

Lyme disease--Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Discovery; 3. It's the Deer; 4. It's the Mice; 5. It's the Weather; 6. Questioning Dogma; 7. Embracing Complexity: Food Webs; 8. Embracing Complexity: Biodiversity; 9. Embracing Complexity: Ecosystem Functioning; 10. Embracing Complexity: Biocontrol of Ticks and Lyme Disease; 11. Embracing Complexity: In Pursuit of Emerging Infectious Diseases; Literature Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988910-4

1-282-77593-6

9786612775932

0-19-978085-4

OCLC:

670237302