Rabies in Sri Lanka: splendid isolation.

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.

SUBMITTER: Nanayakkara S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2958551 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature