Rabies in Sri Lanka: splendid isolation. (Dispatches).

Emerging Infectious Diseases | March 1, 2003| | Copyright

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.

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Rabies, an encephalomyelitis caused by infection with rabies virus or other lyssaviruses, is responsible for 40,000-50,000 human deaths each year in Asian countries (1). Human rabies is ...

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