Rabies: Animal Reservoirs of an Ancient Disease

摘要: Rabies is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind and continues pose a threat human animal health. Of relevance this book, animals are always source infection in humans. There no evidence for human-to-human transmission. Any changes biology or distribution rabies reservoir species, which reside primarily orders Chiroptera Carnivora, not only lead opportunities with virus but also influence evolution, spread diversity. Fundamental sociocultural evolution population growth, together related activities, including domestication dogs particular, have substantially contributed influenced present-day global disease. This constant flux as other factors such translocation animals, urbanization, climate change affect transmission rates additional chapter discusses wide variety vectors that contact populations.