Lyme
The First Epidemic of Climate Change
Seiten
2022
Island Press (Verlag)
978-1-64283-247-1 (ISBN)
Island Press (Verlag)
978-1-64283-247-1 (ISBN)
Now out in paperback, Lyme is a compelling narrative of people made sick by the first global epidemic spread by climate
change.
"Superbly written and researched." —Booklist
"Builds a strong case." —Kirkus
Lyme disease is spreading rapidly around the globe as ticks move into places they could not survive before. The first
epidemic to emerge in the era of climate change, the disease infects half a million people in the US and Europe each year,
and untold multitudes in Canada, China, Russia, and Australia.
Mary Beth Pfeiffer shows how we have contributed to this growing menace, and how modern medicine has
underestimated its danger. She tells the heart-rending stories of families destroyed by a single tick bite, of children
disabled, and of one woman’s tragic choice after an exhaustive search for a cure.
Pfeiffer also warns of the emergence of other tick-borne illnesses that make Lyme more difficult to treat and pose their own grave risks. Lyme is an impeccably researched account of an enigmatic disease, making a powerful case for action to
fight ticks, heal patients, and recognize humanity’s role in a modern scourge.
change.
"Superbly written and researched." —Booklist
"Builds a strong case." —Kirkus
Lyme disease is spreading rapidly around the globe as ticks move into places they could not survive before. The first
epidemic to emerge in the era of climate change, the disease infects half a million people in the US and Europe each year,
and untold multitudes in Canada, China, Russia, and Australia.
Mary Beth Pfeiffer shows how we have contributed to this growing menace, and how modern medicine has
underestimated its danger. She tells the heart-rending stories of families destroyed by a single tick bite, of children
disabled, and of one woman’s tragic choice after an exhaustive search for a cure.
Pfeiffer also warns of the emergence of other tick-borne illnesses that make Lyme more difficult to treat and pose their own grave risks. Lyme is an impeccably researched account of an enigmatic disease, making a powerful case for action to
fight ticks, heal patients, and recognize humanity’s role in a modern scourge.
Mary Beth Pfeiffer has been an investigative reporter for three decades and is the author of Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Ill (Carroll & Graf Publishers/Basic Books, 2007).
Introduction
Chapter 1. Ticks, Rising
Chapter 2. "Invisible Assassin"
Chapter 3. An Ancient Bug Revives
Chapter 4. A Disease, Minimized
Chapter 5. "Little Armored Tanks"
Chapter 6. Faulty Tests
Chapter 7. An Indestructible Pathogen?
Chapter 8. Not Just Lyme
Chapter 9. Childhood Lost
Chapter 10. Lyme Takes Flight
Chapter 11. A Lyme-free World
Selected References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.11.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Klinische Umweltmedizin | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64283-247-2 / 1642832472 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64283-247-1 / 9781642832471 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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