Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation

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...

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Autores principales: Nanayakkara, Susilakanthi, Smith, Jean S., Rupprecht, Charles E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12643834
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020545
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author Nanayakkara, Susilakanthi
Smith, Jean S.
Rupprecht, Charles E.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-29585512010-10-27 Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation Nanayakkara, Susilakanthi Smith, Jean S. Rupprecht, Charles E. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2958551/ /pubmed/12643834 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020545 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Nanayakkara, Susilakanthi
Smith, Jean S.
Rupprecht, Charles E.
Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation
title Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation
title_full Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation
title_fullStr Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation
title_full_unstemmed Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation
title_short Rabies in Sri Lanka: Splendid Isolation
title_sort rabies in sri lanka: splendid isolation
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12643834
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020545
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