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The "Bible" on Rabies has been completely revised to address the latest scientific advances in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and control of this fatal infectious virus, which continues to kill over 70,000 people each year

Table of Contents

1. History of Rabies Research
2. Rabies Virus
3. Molecular Epidemiology
4. Epidemiology
5. Rabies in Terrestrial Animals
6. Bat Rabies
7. Human Disease
8. Pathogenesis
9. Pathology
10. Diagnostic Evaluation
11. Rabies Serology
12. Immunology
13. Human Vaccines
14. Animal Vaccines
15. Next Generation of Rabies Vaccines
16. Public Health Management of Humans at Risk
17. Therapy of Human Rabies
18. Dog Rabies and Its Control
19. Rabies Control in Wild Carnivores
20. Future Developments and Challenges

About the Author

Dr. Alan C. Jackson is Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Neurology) at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Previously, he was Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) and later at the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). He graduated from Queen’s University with BA and MD degrees. He completed an internship in internal medicine at University of Southern California, residencies in internal medicine at Queen’s University and in neurology at the University of Western Ontario, and a fellowship in neurovirology at The Johns Hopkins University with Drs. Richard Johnson and Diane Griffin. Dr. Jackson has been active in rabies research for over 30 years.

Reviews

"Laboratory and field specialists in rabies describe developments in understanding, preventing, and treating the disease since the second edition was published in 2007."--Reference & Research Book News, October 2013