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Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017
Research Letter

Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus in Vulnerable Wild Small Ruminants, Iran, 2014–2016

Mahmoud Marashi, Siamak Masoudi, Majid Kharazian Moghadam, Hossein Modirrousta, Mahyar Marashi, Masoumeh Parvizifar, Majid Dargi, Mahyar Saljooghian, Farbod Homan, Bernd Hoffmann, Claudia Schulz, Elke Starick, Martin Beer, and Sasan FereidouniComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Department of Environment, Tehran, Iran (M. Marashi, S. Masoudi, M.K. Moghaddam, M. Marashi, M. Parvizifar, M. Dargi, M. Saljooghian, F. Homan); Razi Research Institute, Karaj, Iran (H. Modirrousta); Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Insel Riems, Germany (B. Hoffmann, E. Starick, M. Beer); University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria (S. Fereidouni); University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Hanover, Germany (C. Schulz)

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Geographic distribution of peste des petits ruminants virus outbreaks in Iran since 2000. Stars indicate outbreaks that occurred in 2000 and 2011; circles indicate outbreaks investigated during this study in 2014–2016. Arrows indicate chronologic order of the outbreaks: 1, Sarigol National Park; 2, Kavir National Park; 3, Bamou National Park; 4, Haftad-qolleh; 5, Kharmaneh Sar Tarom; 6, Alamout Protected Area; 7, Taleghan Protected Area; 8, Khojir National Park. Map generated using Google Maps (

Figure. Geographic distribution of peste des petits ruminants virus outbreaks in Iran since 2000. Stars indicate outbreaks that occurred in 2000 and 2011; circles indicate outbreaks investigated during this study in 2014–2016. Arrows indicate chronologic order of the outbreaks: 1, Sarigol National Park; 2, Kavir National Park; 3, Bamou National Park; 4, Haftad-qolleh; 5, Kharmaneh Sar Tarom; 6, Alamout Protected Area; 7, Taleghan Protected Area; 8, Khojir National Park. Map generated using Google Maps (interactive map available at https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1GsluO7SZ2z_SBUawdPHsDF6s7ww). Details on the number of animals and dates of outbreaks are available in the Technical Appendix.

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