Borrelia - Eidson, Millicent

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Résumé :
Borrelia is the second novel featuring Maya Maguire, medical detective, in her journey as an Asian American veterinarian solving microbial mysteries. A pregnant New Mexico woman is dying from relapsing fever and reaction to her treatment for infection with Borrelia, a squiggly spirochete bacteria. After searching for blood-sucking ticks at the patient's cabin, veterinarian Maya Maguire of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a car accident which upends the confidence gained during her first year of CDC training. Her childhood panic disorder and struggles with its treatment block Maya's dreams of achieving balance between demands of public health and her almost-fianc?, a physician incapacitated by Arizona anthrax. Summer heatwaves spike lice-associated Borrelia in Europe. Maya consults on a surge of deaths in Borrelia-infected refugees relocated to Norway. When extending her mission to Portugal and Morocco, impacts from her fieldwork pile up. At home, she juggles support for a harassed friend and a colleague rejected by his biological family, while mentoring a trainee stepping over the line. Protecting those she loves backfires when she hides her own legal jeopardy. Maya successfully battles Borrelia until swept up in an Atlanta protest march. Juggling difficult choices of disclosure versus service threaten to overwhelm, until recovery of a loved one and decisions about the future allow her to take important steps forward. ...

Biographie:
MILLICENT EIDSON is the author of the alphabetical Maya Maguire microbial mystery series. Dr. Eidson's work as a public health veterinarian and epidemiologist began with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and continued at the New Mexico and New York state health departments. She is a public health faculty member at the University at Albany and the University of Vermont. With formative years in the Southwest, the author enjoys family trips to Arizona and worldwide, but has settled in Vermont with her husband Tom Henderson and daughter Lian Henderson, adopted from China and inspiration for Maya Maguire....

Sommaire:
Millicent Eidson invites readers into a world where animal diseases hold secrets more dangerous than any criminal. Millicent's career began at the CDC, where the nights belonged to whispered tales of microbes dancing in her imagination. Dr. Eidson's alphabetical novels showcase public health heroes who champion One Health, the essential connection between human, animal, and environmental health. Led by Maya Maguire, a fictional veterinary medical detective, the MayaVerse offers uplifting and inspirational medical thrillers....