Mad dogs and meerkats : a history of resurgent rabies in southern Africa /

"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 pet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Karen, 1964-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : Ohio University Press, 2011.
Series:	Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
Subjects:	Rabies > Africa, Southern > History > 19th century. Rabies > Africa, Southern > History > 20th century. Rabies > Africa, Southern > History > 21st century. Rabies > Africa, Southern > Epidemiology. Rabies > history. Canidae. Disease Outbreaks > history. Disease Vectors. Herpestidae. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century. History, 21st Century. Rabies > epidemiology. Africa, Southern.

Table of Contents:

Modern plague: rabies in South Africa, past and present
Travelers and doctors: the mystery of rabies in colonial South Africa
Death in "Little Bess": the Port Elizabeth rabies epidemic
Crossing the Zambezi: the southern Rhodesian epidemic
Beware of the wild "cats": indigenous rabies in South Africa
Rabid dogs and frenzied jackals: the return of canine rabies
Terror hits the streets: the urbanization of rabies in KwaZulu-Natal
Virus lives on: new problems, old challenges for rabies control.