cam a22 4 4500 601015754 CHVBK 20200926112213.0 200926s2019 xxuab b 001 0deng| 2019006357 978-0-06-289627-8 hardcover 0-06-289627-X hardcover (IDSLU)001369806 (IDSBB)007128606 (OCoLC)1089841390 (OCoLC)1100480890 (OCoLC)1104790583 DLC ger SzZuIDS LU rda RC155.5 .N49 2019 WC 406 2019 E-740 616.9/246 23 Newby Kris Verfasser aut Bitten the secret history of Lyme disease and biological weapons Kris Newby First edition New York, NY Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers [2019] xi, 318 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-298) and index "This true story dives into the mystery surrounding one of the most controversial and misdiagnosed conditions of our time--Lyme disease--and of Willy Burgdorfer, the man who discovered the microbe behind it, revealing his secret role in developing bug-borne biological weapons, and raising terrifying questions about the genesis of the epidemic of tick-borne diseases affecting millions of Americans today. While on vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Kris Newby was bitten by an unseen tick. That one bite changed her life forever, pulling her into the abyss of a devastating illness that took ten doctors to diagnose and years to recover: Newby had become one of the 300,000 Americans who are afflicted with Lyme disease each year. As a science writer, she was driven to understand why this disease is so misunderstood, and its patients so mistreated. This quest led her to Willy Burgdorfer, the Lyme microbe's discoverer, who revealed that he had developed bug-borne bioweapons during the Cold War, and believed that the Lyme epidemic was started by a military experiment gone wrong. In a superb, meticulous work of narrative journalism, Bitten takes readers on a journey to investigate these claims, from biological weapons facilities to interviews with biosecurity experts and microbiologists doing cutting-edge research, all the while uncovering darker truths about Willy. It also leads her to uncomfortable questions about why Lyme can be so difficult to both diagnose and treat, and why the government is so reluctant to classify chronic Lyme as a disease. A gripping, infectious page-turner, Bitten will shed a terrifying new light on an epidemic that is exacting an incalculable toll on us, upending much of what we believe we know about it"-- Burgdorfer, Willy 1925-2014 Geschichte gnd Lyme Disease diagnosis Lyme Disease therapy Lyme disease Diagnosis Lyme disease Treatment Lyme Disease history Lyme-Krankheit (DE-588)4138729-6 gnd Zecken (DE-588)4190559-3 gnd Biologische Waffe (DE-588)4145624-5 gnd Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 gnd History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Biological Warfare Agents history Tick-Borne Diseases history United States (DNLM)D014481 u XB 5500 idslu LR BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 NL202002 idslu L1 011 IDS LU IDSBB A322 A322 FH TPH WC 406- 6a NELAA3222005 IDSLU 100 1- Newby Kris Verfasser aut IDSBB 100 1- Newby Kris Verfasser aut IDSLU ILU50 https://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSLUZ/001369806/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis