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By Jonathan A. Edlow. 285 pp., illustrated. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2003. $29.95. ISBN 0-300-09867-7.

Jonathan Edlow's book, Bull's-Eye: Unraveling the Medical Mystery of Lyme Disease, was published at a particularly fitting time. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the discovery by Burgdorfer, Benach, and Barbour of the causative agent of Lyme disease, a spirochete we now know as Borrelia burgdorferi. That discovery pulled together many of the diverse scientific and historic aspects of Lyme disease and set the stage for further research into this spirochete and the diseases it causes. Edlow's book allows the reader to develop a better understanding of this complex illness. However, his book is not just about Lyme . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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