The Origins of Lyme disease?

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This book probes the insidious connections between the deadly West Nile virus, the origins of debilitating Lyme disease, and a little-known but catastrophic duck virus. The conventional wisdom surrounding the 1999 West Nile virus outbreak is refuted with evidence that shows the epicenter occurred not in Queens County, New York, but rather a stone's throw from the Plum Island laboratory. The book also documents large-scale tick experiments conducted on Plum Island contemporaneously with the initial outbreak of Lyme Disease in 1975, on the heels of a proven virus outbreak that occurred on Plum Island in 1978. Finally, Lab 257 explores the link between Plum Island and the introduction of an exotic virus that appeared out of nowhere in 1967 and eliminated the once-famous Long Island duck industry. The connections are probed with current and former Plum Island scientists, the discoverer of the Lyme disease bacteria, experts in animal and human disease, investigative journalists, and local ombudsmen.