The most fatal virus known to science, rabies -- a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans -- kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. Journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of …
Zoonotic Viruses of Northern Eurasia: Taxonomy and Ecology provides a review of modern data of the taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of zoonotic viruses in the ecosystems of Northern Eurasia. With climate changes, increasing population density of arthropod vectors and vertebra…
More than 99% of all human rabies deaths occur in the developing world and although effective and economical control measures are available the disease has not been brought under control throughout most of the affected countries. Given that a major factor in the low level of com…
What every parent, householder, camper, hiker, fisherman and hunter needs to know. Dr. Lendell Cockrum explains how bats, rodents and rabbits infect humans with infectious and parasitic diseases and how to avoid them.
What every parent, householder, camper, hiker, fisherman and hunter needs to know. Dr. Lendell Cockrum explains how bats, rodents and rabbits infect humans with infectious and parasitic diseases and how to avoid them.
This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to rabies. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using vario…
"Explores the relationship between people, street animals, and rabies in urban India. Incorporates epidemiological goals within anthropological frameworks to investigate the ways in which people come into contact with animals and create favorable conditions for the rabies virus …
Introduction : viral connections -- Humans -- Food in the middle -- Dogs -- Macaques -- Cows -- Living with rabies -- Conclusion : interspecies camaraderie. "Explores the relationship between people, street animals, and rabies in urban India. Incorporates epidemiological goals …
