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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Karen, 1964-

Series:

Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.

Ohio University Press series in ecology and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabies--Africa, Southern--History--19th century.

Rabies.

Rabies--Africa, Southern--History--20th century.

Rabies--Africa, Southern--History--21st century.

Rabies--Africa, Southern--Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 pets or take them to inoculation centers. Ineffective disease control, which in part depends on management policies in neighboring states, has exacerbated the problem. The book traces the history of rabies in South Africa and neighboring states from 1800 to the present and shows how environmental and economic changes brought about by European colonialism and global trade have had long-term effects"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction: A Modern Plague; 1: Travelers and Doctors; 2: Death in "Little Bess"; 3: Crossing the Zambezi; 4: Beware of the Wild "Cats"; 5: Rabid Dogs and Frenzied Jackals; 6: Terror Hits the Streets; 7: The Virus Lives on; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821443675

0821443674

OCLC:

728662527