"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.
About author(s): Mary Beth Pfeiffer has been an investigative reporter for three decades and is the author of C razy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Ill (Carroll & Graf Publishers/Basic Books, 2007)..
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.
Pfeiffer also warns of the emergence of other tick-borne illnesses that make Lyme more difficult to treat and pose their own grave risks.
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.
Mary Beth Pfeiffer shows how we have contributed to this growing menace, and how modern medicine has underestimated its danger.
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. "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
