Rabia : La historia cultural del virus más diabólico del mundo

A boy bitten by a bat; a Victorian lady petting her harmless lapdog; a soldier surprised by a rabid wolf in remote mountains—stories separated by centuries and geographies, yet united by the same outcome: death. Rabies remains, to this day, the deadliest virus known to humanity. With a mortality rate approaching 100%, it offers no reprieve once it reaches the brain. Its true power, however, lies not merely in killing, but in instilling terror. In this book, journalist Bill Wasik—editorial director of *The New York Times Magazine*—and veterinarian Monica Murphy trace the cultural and scientific biography of an ancient enemy. From vampire myths to zombie fiction, and from Pasteur’s heroic experiments to modern public health protocols, *Rabies* explores how a microscopic virus has shaped aspects of our culture and our fears. A masterpiece of popular science writing, the book connects modern virology with cultural anthropology and the history of science, revealing how a pathogen capable of invading the nervous system has also managed to spread virulently through the collective imagination.