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. 2020 Mar 11;6(3):359–381. doi: 10.1002/vms3.239

Table 2.

Summary of zoonotic viral diseases of camels reported in Iran; 1890–2018

B. Viral diseases
Disease Year Location Techniques No. positive/ No. tested (%) Ref
Rabies 1996–2006 Golestan Histopathological examination, Fluorescent antibody technique 3 cases (Bokaei et al., 2009)
2012 Semnan (Torod region) Histopathological examination, Fluorescent antibody technique 8 cases (Esmaeili et al., 2012)
2012 East Azerbaijan (Khoda Afarin) Histopathological examination, Fluorescent antibody technique (Nadalian, 2012)
Camlepox 1957 Sistan and Baluchestan (Bazman) 1 case (Moghaddas, 2012 2012)
1979 Sistan and Baluchestan (Bampur and Zabol) Electron microscopy (Moghaddas, 2012 2012)
1984 Isfahan, Kerman, Fars, Khuzestan, Semnan, Zabol, Bampur Electron microscopy Outbreak (Moghaddas, 2012 2012)
1993 Kerman (Zarand) Electron microscopy 50/80 (62.5%) (Rashidi, 1993)
1996 Sistan and Baluchestan (Iranshahr(Delgan)) Electron microscopy 3/50 (6%) (Moghaddas, 1998)
2000 Tehran(Pishva) Electron microscopy 2/110 (1.81%) (Moghaddas, 2012 2012)
2014 Qum, South Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan (Khash) PCR (Bioneer Kit) (100%) No Numeral data (Mosadeghhesari et al., 2014)
MERS‐CoV 2014 Sistan and Baluchestan (Zabol city) Serology test 3/18 (16.66%) (Khalaj, 2014a)
2014 Sistan and Baluchestan (Zabol and Mirjaveh) Serology test 8/186 (4.30%) (Khalaj, 2014b)
2014 Kerman and West Azerbaijan RT‐PCR 7/98 (7.14%) (Khalili Bagaloy et al., 2017)
CHHF 2014 North Khorasan, South Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan ELISA 9/136 (5.29%) (Champour et al., 2014)