Fig 1. Location of PPR outbreaks in Israel (1993–2014).

Sampling locations are plotted in red, GPS co-ordinates derived from Google maps API [49]. Comparisons of the full length genome, and coding regions from the 18 Israel samples sequenced in this study. Indicated that the Israel isolates were more closely related than other groups (Table 2). Overall the Israel sequences were found to be 96.2 to 99.9% identical at the nucleotide level. As has been previously reported the P gene was the most variable [50] and the matrix (M) gene the most conserved (Table 2).