Mad dogs and meerkats
Subtitle: a history of resurgent rabies in southern Africa
By: Karen Brown
Series: Ohio University Press series in ecology and history; Ohio University Press series in ecology and history
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780821419533; 9780821443675
Subjects: History, 21st Century; Rabies; Herpestidae; Canidae; Epidemiology; History, 19th Century; Disease Outbreaks; History; Disease Vectors; History, 20th Century
Description: "In Mad Dogs and Meerkats, Karen Brown links the increase of rabies in Southern Africa to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Her study shows that the most afflicted regions of South Africa have seen a dangerous rise in feral dog populations as people lack the education, means, or will to care for their pets or take them to inoculation centers. Ineffective disease control, which in part depends on management policies in neighboring states, has exacerbated the problem. The book traces the history of rabies in South Africa and neighboring states from 1800 to the present and shows how environmental and economic changes brought about by European colonialism and global trade have had long-term effects"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references(p. [217- 230) and index.