TY - JOUR AU - Hamilton, Keith AU - Visser, Dawid AU - Evans, Brian AU - Vallat, Bernard T1 - Identifying and Reducing Remaining Stocks of Rinderpest Virus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 12 SP - 2117 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2011, the world was declared free from rinderpest, one of the most feared and devastating infectious diseases of animals. Rinderpest is the second infectious disease, after smallpox, to have been eradicated. However, potentially infectious rinderpest virus material remains widely disseminated among research and diagnostic facilities across the world and poses a risk for disease recurrence should it be released. Member Countries of the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations are committed to destroying remaining stocks of infectious material or ensuring that it is stored under international supervision in a limited number of approved facilities. To facilitate this commitment and maintain global freedom from rinderpest, World Organisation for Animal Health Member Countries must report annually on rinderpest material held in their countries. The first official surveys, conducted during 2013–2015, revealed that rinderpest material was stored in an unacceptably high number of facilities and countries. KW - rinderpest virus KW - rinderpest material KW - eradication KW - global freedom KW - sequestration KW - destruction KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2112.150227 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/12/15-0227_article ER - End of Reference