title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Susilakanthi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nanayakkara
authors.forename: Jean S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013188:Sri Lanka