About the Book: Rabid
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. In this critically acclaimed exploration,
journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years
of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. 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 and often wildly
entertaining look at one of humankinds oldest and most fearsome foes