Lyme Disease The Ecology of a Complex System

Name: Lyme Disease The Ecology of a Complex System
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ISBN: 9780199928477

ISBN-10: 0199928479

ISBN-13: 9780199928477

Edition: 2012

Authors: Richard Ostfeld

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Most human diseases come from nature, from pathogens that live and breed in non-human animals and are "accidentally" transmitted to us. Human illness is only the culmination of a complex series of interactions among species in their natural habitats. To avoid exposure to these pathogens, we must understand which species are involved, what regulates their abundance, and how they interact.Lyme disease affects the lives of millions of people in the US, Europe, and Asia. It is the most frequently reported vector-borne disease in the United States; About 20,000 cases have been reported each year over the past five years, and tens of thousands more go unrecognized and unreported. Despite the…

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List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Discovery



It's the Deer



It's the Mice



It's the Weather



Questioning Dogma



Embracing Complexity: Food Webs



Embracing Complexity: Biodiversity



Embracing Complexity: Ecosystem Functioning



Embracing Complexity: Biocontrol of Ticks and Lyme Disease



Embracing Complexity: In Pursuit of Emerging Infectious Diseases


Literature Cited


Index