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001			on1089841390
003			OCoLC
005			20200616150115.0
008			190222s2019 nyuab b 001 0deng
010			_a 2019006357
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019			_a1100480890 _a1104790583
020			_a9780062896278 _qhardcover
020			_a006289627X _qhardcover
035			_a(OCoLC)1089841390 _z(OCoLC)1100480890 _z(OCoLC)1104790583
042			_apcc
092			_a616.9246 _bN535
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aNewby, Kris, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBitten : _bthe secret history of Lyme disease and biological weapons / _cKris Newby.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2019]
300			_axi, 318 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [293]-298) and index.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aBitten -- The scientist -- The Cold War. Coin toss ; Bitterroot bride ; Big itch ; Fever ; Special operations ; Behind the curtain -- The Hunt. Out of the abyss ; Confession ; Missing files ; Last interview ; Rebellion ; Smoking gun ; Eight ball ; Speed chess ; Fear -- Outbreak. Fog of war ; Lone star ; Survival ; Castleman's case ; Red velvet mites ; Wildfire ; Swiss agent ; Collateral damage -- Postmortem. Discovery ; DNA detectives ; Change agent ; Sins of our fathers ; Surrender -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: ticks and human disease agents -- Appendix II: uncontrolled tick releases, 1966-1969.
650		0	_aLyme disease _xHistory. _966292
650		0	_aLyme disease _xDiagnosis.
650		0	_aLyme disease _xTreatment.
600	1	0	_aBurgdorfer, Willy, _d1925-2014.
650		0	_aTick-borne diseases _xHistory.
650		0	_aHistory _y20th century. _9345526
650		0	_aHistory _y21st century.
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