Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change

by Mary Beth Pfeiffer

Book Overview

"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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610918444
• ISBN13: 9781610918442
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"