TABLE 1.

Estimated pooled prevalence of PPR in sheep by world region

World region	No. of study	No. of sheep sampled	No. of positive sheep	Pooled estimate %	95% CI	Heterogeneity chi‐squared (χ2)	l 2%	p‐value
Africa‐Asia estimate	136	87,580	30,935	39.31	35.75–42.88	67,409.94	99.8	<.0001
Africa	66	42,694	15,428	40.16	34.59–45.73	45,254.77	99.9	<.0001
Asia	70	44,886	15,507	38.63	33.73–43.53	21,120.37	99.7	<.0001

No record of goat PPR from other continents.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; I ², inverse variance index; χ2, Cochran's Q chi‐square.