Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation

doi:10.3201/eid0903.020545

Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation

by Susilakanthi Nanayakkara, Jean S Smith, Charles E Rupprecht

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Emerging Infectious Diseases (2003)

Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pages: 368-371

DOI: 10.3201/eid0903.020545
PubMed: 12643834

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Abstract

Rabies virus exists in dogs on Sri Lanka as a single, minimally divergent lineage only distantly related to other rabies virus lineages in Asia. Stable, geographically isolated virus populations are susceptible to local extinction. A fully implemented rabies-control campaign could make Sri Lanka the first Asian country in >30 years to become free of rabies virus.