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History of Rabies in the Americas: From the Pre-Columbian to the Present, Volume I

Insights to Specific Cross-Cutting Aspects of the Disease in the Americas

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Editors:
  1. Charles E. Rupprecht

    1. LYSSA LLC, Lawrenceville, USA

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  • Presents a thorough examination of the history and current state of rabies in the Americas
  • Analyzes the long-term cultural, social, and economic impacts of the disease
  • This two-volume set addresses the medical history and modern results of rabies

Part of the book series: Fascinating Life Sciences (FLS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. A World in Flux: The Columbian Exchange

    • Davide Domenici
    Pages 1-13

  3. Glimpses into the Past: New World Contributions Towards Understanding the Basic Etiology, Pathobiology and Treatment of Rabies

    • Drishya Kurup, Charles E. Rupprecht, Stephen Scholand, Catherine Yankowski, Matthias Schnell
    Pages 15-41

  4. The Diversity, Evolution and Emergence of Rabies Virus in the Americas

    • Edward C. Holmes, Erin H. Harvey
    Pages 43-59

  5. The Ecological Range and Principles of Wildlife Rabies Virus Perpetuation in the Americas

    • Amy T. Gilbert
    Pages 61-75

  6. Historical Laboratory Contributions Supporting Rabies Diagnosis and Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas

    • Susan A. Nadin-Davis, Lillian A. Orciari, Elaine R. Fernandes, Pamela A. Yager
    Pages 77-119

  7. Historical Progression from Nerve Tissue-Based Rabies Vaccines to Recombinant Biologics for Humans and Companion Animals

    • Hildegund C. J. Ertl
    Pages 121-142

  8. Wildlife Rabies Management in the New World: Prevention, Control and Elimination in Mesocarnivores

    • Richard B. Chipman, Amy T. Gilbert, Dennis Slate
    Pages 143-198

  9. Management of Vampire Bats and Rabies: Past, Present, and Future

    • Tonie Rocke, Daniel Streicker, Ariel Leon
    Pages 199-222

  10. Conflicting Perspectives on a Rabies Outbreak in a Venezuelan Rainforest, 2007–2008

    • Charles L. Briggs
    Pages 223-240

  11. Rabies, Medicine, and Culture: Dogs, Disease, and Urban Life in the United States, 1840–1920

    • Jessica Wang
    Pages 241-260

  12. Historical Disparities in Health: Rabies Surveillance, Risk Factors and Prevention

    • Amira Roess, Kis Robertson, Sergio Recuenco
    Pages 261-280

  13. The Health Economics of Rabies in the Americas: An Historical Summary and a Synthesis of the Literature

    • S. A. Shwiff, K. H. Ernst, S. S. Shwiff, V. R. Brown
    Pages 281-292

  14. Towards the Elimination of Canine Rabies in the Americas: Governance of a Regional Program

    • Marco Antonio Natal Vigilato, Albino José Belotto, Hugo Tamayo Silva, Felipe Rocha, Baldomero Molina-Flores, Julio Cesar Augusto Pompei et al.
    Pages 293-305

  15. Musing Over Non-technical Criticalities of Rabies Prevention and Control

    • Victor J. Del Rio Vilas, Gilberto Montibeller
    Pages 307-316

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 317-319
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About this book

Rabies is one of the oldest known pathogens, is incurable, and has the highest fatality rate of all infectious diseases. The Americas is the only region with bat rabies virus, including vampire bat rabies. The region is rich in cultural references and notable for many discoveries in the field, including the current vaccine potency test, diagnostic assay, conception of oral vaccines for wildlife, the first human survivor and the first successful canine rabies program executed at a broad level. Rabies remains the most important viral zoonosis, with tens of thousands of human fatalities and tens of millions of exposures annually, which can be used to model for other pathogens, such as COVID-19. There is an international effort to eliminate human rabies caused by dogs over the next decade, and the Americas represent the primary region with the greatest proof-of-concept evidence to accomplish this goal. 
This two-volume set addresses the medical history and modern resultsof rabies in countries throughout the Americas, including the implications of and on cultural, economic, sociological, and research developments in the region. Volume I presents an overview of concepts critical to the study of rabies in the region, including evolutionary aspects, reservoir ecology and control, elimination efforts, vaccine development, and disease hallmarks and progression. It also analyzes the long-term cultural, social, and economic impacts of the disease in the Americas. 


Editors and Affiliations

  • LYSSA LLC, Lawrenceville, USA

    Charles E. Rupprecht

About the editor

Charles E. Rupprecht is a World Health Organization Expert Technical Adviser on Rabies, retired as the head of the rabies program at CDC. He has co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed papers, written scores of book chapters, edited several books and served as an editor for several journals.

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