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Owens, Brian.
Lyme disease.
Tick-borne diseases.
MARC Display
Lyme
disease
in
Canada
: the
tick-borne
epidemic
you
need
to
know
about
?
now
! / Brian Owens.
by
Owens, Brian.
Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2021.
Call #:
616.9246 O97L
Subjects
Lyme
disease
.
Tick-borne
diseases.
ISBN:
9781459506893 (pbk.)
Description:
152 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"Ticks carrying
Lyme
disease
have rapidly spread to most of the populated areas of southern
Canada
. The
disease
is
now
an
epidemic
in southern Ontario, southern Quebec, southern New Brunswick and throughout Nova Scotia. Doctors have been slow to recognize it and slower to treat it properly. Despite its clear importance as a growing threat to public health,
Lyme
disease
remains a controversial and poorly understood illness that often causes multiple long-lasting problems. Usually cured when promptly treated, it often goes undiagnosed. This book is an up-to-date resource, covering every topic. For people living in infested parts of the country, there's information on how to avoid ticks, how to find them (they're astonishingly small!) and how to remove them. There's also fascinating background on ticks themselves, how they got here, how they became carriers of
Lyme
disease
, how they spread and how they find human targets are the starting point. Science writer Brian Owens describes the Lyme-causing bacteria carried by ticks, and how it gets into human blood and attacks the body. He offers an account of the conflict within the Canadian medical community
about
recognizing, diagnosing and treating the
disease
, explaining the differences and the ongoing controversies. He also reveals the politics behind failed efforts to develop and market a vaccine for
Lyme
disease--and why there is a successful vaccine for dogs. Anyone wanting to
know
how to minimize the risks of the
disease
will find this book a mine of good, reliable, independent information. Anyone struggling with
Lyme
will find in it a resource that provides invaluable background information and pointers
about
organizations that offer support and help."--From publisher.
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