Rabid
Subtitle: a cultural history of the world's most diabolical virus
By: Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
Contributors: Murphy, Monica
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780670023738
Subjects: Epidemiology; Treatment; Rabies; History
Description: Charts the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies, documenting how before its vaccine the disease caused fatal brain infections and sparked the creations of monsters, including werewolves, vampires and zombies.
Notes: Includes index.