| Thirteen Years of Hell in Paradise: An Account of the Caribbean Amblyomma Programme Contributor(s): Pegram, Rupert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1426944535 ISBN-13: 9781426944536 Publisher: Trafford Publishing OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Insects & Spiders - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Medical | Veterinary Medicine - General |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6" W x 9" (1.48 lbs) 460 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After leading a regional office in Africa that studied ticks and tick-borne diseases, Rupert Pegram received a call in 1994 that changed his life. His higher ups wanted him to lead a new program in the Caribbean. The Caribbean "Amblyomma" Program, known as the CAP, sought to eliminate the "Amblyomma" tick from the Caribbean region. The stakes were high because ticks transmit terrible diseases. Today, the tropical pest introduced from Africa threatens to invade large areas of the south and central parts of North America. By learning about the progress, setbacks, political and financial constraints, and final heartbreak of failure in the Caribbean, the rest of world can discover how to fight the growing problem. Learn why the CAP program failed and how the Caribbean farmers who were let down by the program suffered. This history and analysis conveys the need to re-establish vigorous research to eradicate tick-borne illnesses. Ticks are invading the larger world, and there are serious implications. They found much of their strength during "Thirteen Years of Hell in Paradise." |