Rabid: a cultural history of the world's most diabolical virus
Auteur :
Wasik, Bill / Murphy, Monica
Éditeur :
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN :
9780143123576
Date de publication :
31 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
20,2 x 13,6 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
230 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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. This book charts four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies.