Sequestration and Destruction of Rinderpest Virus-Containing Material 10 Years after Eradication

Authors：Budke, Christine M.^*; Pfeiffer, Dirk U.; Jones, Bryony A.; Fournie, Guillaume; Kim, Younjung; Marrana, Mariana; Simmons, Heather L.

Source：Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022, 28(9): 1895-1898.

DOI：10.3201/eid2809.220297

In 2021, the world marked 10 years free from rinderpest. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and World Organisation for Animal Health have since made great strides in consolidating, sequencing, and destroying stocks of rinderpest virus-containing material, currently kept by only 14 known institutions. This progress must continue.