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Record Nr.

UNINA9910532969003321

Titolo

Lyme disease [[electronic resource] ] : an evidence based approach / / edited by John J. Halperin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K., : CABI, c2011

ISBN

1-283-26775-6

9786613267757

1-84593-892-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; ; 20

Altri autori (Persone)

HalperinJohn J

Disciplina

616.9/246

Soggetti

Lyme disease

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

Ticks : the vectors of Lyme disease / Robert P. Smith -- Borrelia : biology of the organism / A. Toledo, J. L. Benach -- Borrelia : interactions with the host immune system / R. Dattwyler -- Diagnostic testing / Barbara J. B. Johnson -- Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection after antibiotic treatment : what can we learn from animal models? / J.W.R. Hovius and G.P. Wormser -- Global epidemiology of Borrelia burgdorferi Infections / Paul S. Mead -- Antibiotic therapy for infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi / Sensu Lato,  Gary P. Wormser -- Borreliosis : the UK perspective / Sue O'Connell -- Borreliosis : the European perspective / Gerold Stanek -- Erythema migrans / Robert B. Nadelman -- Cardiac involvement / Joseph Harburger, Jonathan L. Halperin --  Rheumatologic involvement / Leonard H Sigal -- Nervous system involvement / John J. Halperin -- Lyme disease in children / Eugene D. Shapiro -- The psychology of "post Lyme disease syndrome" and "not Lyme" / Afton L. Hassett -- The entity referred to as "chronic Lyme disease" / Adriana Marques -- Lyme disease : the great controversy / John J. Halperin, Phillip Baker, Gary P. Wormser.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing the medical practitioner with a broad scientific understanding, this book discusses the causative organism, its requisite ecosystem, disease epidemiology, host-Borrelia interactions, diagnostic testing, clinical manifestations, therapeutic options, and long term prognosis. It explicitly reviews both the basic biology of the



infection and practical clinical aspects, linking the two to demonstrate what is and is not attributable to this infection. It is an authoritative guide for medics and researchers involved with diagnosing and treating Lyme, covering biology, epidemiology and thera