Ed M W Service CABI Publishing, £99.50/$185, pp 608 ISBN 0 85199 473 3 Rating: ![Graphic][1]![Graphic][2]![Graphic][3] What do doctors working in the United Kingdom need to know about arthropod transmitted infections? Only two are endemic in the British Isles. A febrile patient who has recently been rolling in the heather in the Scottish Highlands may be suffering from louping ill, a tick borne virus endemic in sheep and red grouse; but this is unlikely, as only 40 human cases have been reported. A patient who has been walking in the New Forest, presenting with a … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif [3]: /embed/inline-graphic-3.gif
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David Mabey (2002) studied this question.