Figure 1.

Geographical extent of lumpy skin disease outbreaks reported to EMPRES Global Animal Disease Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization (https://empres-i.review.fao.org/#/, last accessed 23 September 2021) between January 2006 and May 2021. Outbreaks marked with blue dots were reported in 2006–2013, yellow in 2014–2018, and red in 2019–2021. LSD is endemic across the African continent, except in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and Tunisia. Historical data from Africa were taken from Woods (1990) [8]. Black numbers indicate the year of the first recorded LSD outbreaks in the respective country.