Pheno- and genotypic characterization and identification of novel subtypes of Peste des Petits Ruminants virus in domestic and captive wild goats in Northern Iraq

Table 2 Morbidity and mortality data and detection methods (ELISA, RT-cPCR and RT-qPCR) applied for identification of PPR virus in domestic and captive wild goats

Animal	Number of herds/ farms	Number of animals	Morbidity rate (%)	Mortality rate (%)	No. of tested swabs samples/ No of positive samples (%)
Animal	Number of herds/ farms	Number of animals	Morbidity rate (%)	Mortality rate (%)	ELISA	RT-cPCR	RT-qPCR
Domestic goats	10	3254	850 (26.1)	361 (11.1)	396/198 (50)	398/256 (64.3)	398^†/358 (89.9)
Captive wild goats	7	275	118 (42.9)	30 (10.9)	97/38 (39.1)	88/51 (57.9)	88^§/75 (85.2)
Total	17	3529	968 (27.4)	391 (11.1)	493/236 (47.9)	486/307 (63.2)	486/433 (89.1)

† = Total number of swab samples collected from nasal and mouth lesions (n = 220) and organ tissues (n = 178)
§ = Total number of swab samples collected from nasal and mouth lesions (n = 50) and organ tissues (n = 38)

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