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Andrew Spielman and J. Christina Hodgson
Microbiology and Laboratory Diagnosis of Tickborne Diseases
J. Stephen Dumler and Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld
Lyme Neuroborreliosis
John J. Halperin
Cardiovascular Manifestations of Lyme Disease
Jason M. Lazar
Lyme Arthritis
Prachi Anand and Steven E. Carsons
Lyme Vaccine
Sa ray Stancic, John Nowakowski, and Gary P. Wormser
Tick Paralysis
José M. Torres and David Schlossberg
Babesiosis
Ka nu P. Sharan and Peter J. Krause
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Theodore E. Woodward and Burke A. Cunha
Ehrlichiosis
Johan S. Bakken and J. Stephen Dumler
Tick borne Relapsing Fever
Kerstin E. Calia and Frank M. Calia
Colorado Tick Fever
Deborah K. Riley and Spotswood L. Spruance
Tickborne Encephalitides
Sam R. Telford, III and Ivo M. Foppa
Tickborne Hemorrhagic Fever
Douglas L. Mayers
New Tick-Transmitted Rickettsial Diseases
Philippe Parola and Didier Raoult
Tularemia
Burke A. Cunha
This book is the first to deal exclusively with tickborne infectious diseases in a single source, including comprehensive coverage of babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, relapsing fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Colorado tick fever, with a special emphasis on Lyme disease.
Explains how to obtain reliable and objective laboratory confirmation of clinical impressions!
Containing contributions from 24 infectious disease authorities, and supplying over 940 references, tables, drawings, and photographs, Tickborne Infectious Diseases
devotes an entire chapter to newly described tick-transmitted infections
examines tickborne encephalitis and hemorrhagic fevers
discusses optimal microbial therapy and management of bacterial and rickettsial tickborne infections
focuses on human monocytotropic and granulocytotropic ehrlichiosis
explores ecological, chemical, and biological control of tick populations
details the efficacy and use of Lyme vaccines
reviews the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme carditis
clarifies myths surrounding Lyme neuroborreliosis to separate scientific fact from misperception and misinformation
emphasizes differential diagnosis of tickborne diseases
Offering a basis for understanding the natural history of vector ticks and the epidemiology of the pathogens they carry, Tickborne Infectious Diseases is a cutting-edge reference for infectious disease specialists; internists; microbiologists; pediatricians; primary care, emergency room, and critical care physicians; and medical residents and students.
