Surveillance Opportunities and the Need for Intersectoral Collaboration on Rabies in Sri Lanka

Table 1

Reported rabies cases in different species in Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2014 based on data provided by the Medical Research Institute and the Department of Animal Production and Health and PHVS in Sri Lanka.

Species		Laboratory confirmed (%)	Clinically diagnosed (%)	Total (%)
Common name	Scientific name
Dog	Canis familiaris	6227 (67.83)	561 (6.11)	6788 (73.95)
Cattle	Bos Taurus	120 (1.30)	795 (8.66)	915 (9.96)
Cat	Felis catus	661 (7.20)	2 (0.02)	663 (7.22)
Human	Homo sapiens	305 (3.32)	162 (1.76)	467 (5.08)
Goat	Caprine spp.	25 (0.27)	208 (2.26)	233 (2.53)
Buffalo	Bubalus spp.	8 (0.09)	15 (0.16)	23 (0.25)
Mongoose	Herpestes brachyurus	20 (0.21)	0 (0.00)	20 (0.21)
Pig	Sus scrofa domesticus	7 (0.08)	6 (0.06)	13 (0.14)
Sheep	Ovis aries	0 (0.00)	13 (0.14)	13 (0.14)
Giant Squirrel	Ratufa macroura	10 (0.10)	0 (0.00)	10 (0.10)
G/Mongoose	Herpestes edwardsii	8 (0.09)	0 (0.00)	8 (0.09)
Palm cat	Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	8 (0.09)	0 (0.00)	8 (0.09)
Squirrel	Funambulus palmarum	7 (0.08)	0 (0.00)	7 (0.08)
Monkey	Semnopithecus spp & Macca spp.	3 (0.03)	0 (0.00)	3 (0.03)
Bandicoot	Bandicota bengalensis	2 (0.02)	0 (0.00)	2 (0.02)
Civet cat	Viverricula indica	2 (0.02)	0 (0.00)	2 (0.02)
Wild cat	Felis chaus	2 (0.02)	0 (0.00)	2 (0.02)
Guinea pig	Cavia porcellus	1 (0.01)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.01)
R/Mongoose	Herpestes smithii	1 (0.01)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.01)