Rabid

<b>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 from the authors of <i>Our Kindred Creatures</i> journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history science and cultural mythology of rabies.</b> <p/>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 humankind's oldest and most fearsome foes. <p/> A searing narrative. -<i>The New York Times</i> <p/> In this keen and exceptionally well-written book rife with surprises narrative suspense and a steady flow of expansive insights 'the world's most diabolical virus' conquers the unsuspecting reader's imaginative nervous system. . . . A smart unsettling and strangely stirring piece of work. -<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/> Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it including dogs bats and raccoons. -<i>The Wall Street Journal</i>