Yet the rare tales of modern survivors only underscore that, despite the existence of treatment through a series of injections, we’re at a stalemate in conquering rabies.” - Publishers Weekly “ ambitious and smart history of the virus…The authors track how science tried to tame the scourge, with its ravaging neurological effects. “An elegant exploration of the science behind one of the most horrible ways to die.” - Chris Anderson, New York Times bestselling author “Journalist husband and veterinarian wife tell the story of one of humanity’s biggest nightmares, the disease that turns man’s best friend against him, rabies…Their enlightening account of a 2008 outbreak in previously rabies-free Bali naturally leads to the quandary they present in conclusion, namely, that rabies might be eliminated if it weren’t so rare nowadays and so expensive to prevent.
Of mankind’s oldest and most fearsome foes. Rabid is a fresh, fascinating, and often wildly entertaining look at one Heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, To avian flu-with origins in animal populations.įrom Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory History can help shed light on the wave of emerging diseases-from AIDS to SARS Aĭisease that spreads avidly from animals to humans, rabies has served as a symbol of savage madness and inhuman possession throughout history. The most fatal virus known to science, rabies kills nearlyġ00 percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. Thousand years in the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. In this fascinatingĮxploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four
Scourge known to mankind from our earliest days. Supernatural horror, but its power derives from a very real virus, a deadly It’s a scenario that underlies our darkest tales of Innocent victim-and with a bite, transforms its prey into another raving A maddened creature, frothing at the mouth, lunges at an
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