Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus in Tibet, China

Zhiliang Wang¹

, Jingyue Bao¹, Xiaodong Wu¹, Yutian Liu¹, Lin Li, Chunju Liu, Longciren Suo, Zhonglun Xie, Wenji Zhao, Wei Zhang, Nan Yang, Jinming Li, Shushuang Wang

, and Junwei Wang

Author affiliations: China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China (Z. Wang, J. Bao, X. Wu, Y. Liu, L. Li, C. Liu, Z. Xie, W. Zhao, W. Zhang, N. Yang, J. Li, S. Wang, J. Wang); Tibet Center for Animal Disease Control, Lhasa, Tibet, People’s Republic of China (L. Suo)

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Figure 1

A) Distribution of outbreaks of peste des petits ruminants disease in Tibet, China, 2007. Triangles indicate outbreaks confirmed by ELISA. Circles indicate outbreaks confirmed by reverse transcription–PCR (RT-PCR) and quantitative RT-PCR. Squares indicate outbreaks confirmed by ELISA and molecular methods. B) Cycle threshold (Ct) values (determined by use of q-RT-PCRs on samples) by county.

Figure 1. A) Distribution of outbreaks of peste des petits ruminants disease in Tibet, China, 2007. Triangles indicate outbreaks confirmed by ELISA. Circles indicate outbreaks confirmed by reverse transcription–PCR (RT-PCR) and quantitative RT-PCR. Squares indicate outbreaks confirmed by ELISA and molecular methods. B) Cycle threshold (Ct) values (determined by use of q-RT-PCRs on samples) by county.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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