Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik see more by Bill Wasik Monica Murphy see more by Monica Murphy Studio Viking AdultLabel Viking Adult

Closer Look List Price: $25.95 From: Viking Adult From: Viking Adult Salesrank: 60267 Released: 2012-07-19 Released: 2012-07-19 Our Price: $16.86 You Save: $ 9.09 (35%)! Offers New & Used Starting from $6.99  Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover Amazon Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Also Shop International: (Not all items available internationally)          Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus Editorial Review: A maddened creature, frothing at the mouth, lunges at an innocent victim—and, with a bite, transforms its prey into another raving monster. It’s a scenario that underlies our darkest tales of supernatural horror, but its power derives from a very real virus, a deadly scourge known to mankind from our earliest days. In this fascinating exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years in the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. The most fatal virus known to science, rabies kills nearly 100 percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. A disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans, rabies has served throughout history as a symbol of savage madness, of inhuman possession. And today, its history can help shed light on the wave of emerging diseases, from AIDS to SARS to avian flu, that we now know to originate in animal populations.  From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh, fascinating, and often wildly entertaining look at one of mankind’s oldest and most fearsome foes.  Related Categories: >> >>Abdominal >>Diseases & Physical Ailments >> >> >>AIDS >> >> >>Allergies >> >> >>Alzheimer's Disease >> >> >>Asthma >> >> >>Backache >> >> >>Cancer >> >> >>Candida >> >> >>Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia >> >> >>Chronic Pain >> >> >>Cystic Fibrosis >> >> >>Diabetes >> >> >>Endometriosis >> >> >>Epilepsy >> >> >>Eye Problems >> >> >>Genetic >> >> >>Genitourinary & STDs >> >> >>Headaches >> >> >>Hearing Problems >> >> >>Heart Disease >> >> >>Hepatitis >> >> >>Herpes >> >> >>High Blood Pressure >> >> >>Immune Systems >> >> >>Infertility >> >> >>Irritable Bowel Syndrome >> >> >>Lung & Respiratory Diseases >> >> >>Lupus >> >> >>Multiple Sclerosis >> >> >>Musculoskeletal Diseases >> >> >>Nervous System >> >> >>Organ Transplants >> >> >>Osteoporosis >> >> >>Pain Management >> >> >>Parkinson's Disease >> >> >>Physical Impairments >> >> >>Reference >> >> >>Repetitive Strain Injury >> >> >>Respiratory >> >> >>Rheumatic Diseases >> >> >>Skin Ailments >> >> >>Sleep Disorders >> >> >>Spinal Cord Injuries >> >> >>Strokes >> >> >>Thyroid Conditions >> >> >>Tourette Syndrome >> >> >>Ulcers & Gastritis