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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455631903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-280-83364-5

9786610833641

0-85199-755-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GrayJ (Jeremy S.)

Disciplina

616.9/2

Soggetti

Lyme disease

Borrelia burgdorferi

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.