<p>Geographic distribution of animal bite incidence across Iran during February–September 2023 (Iranian year 1402, first half).</p>

<p>Provinces are shaded according to period incidence per 100,000 population, calculated by dividing the number of registered animal bite cases during the reported months by the corresponding 2023 provincial population estimates. These rates represent period incidence for the specified months and were not annualised; therefore, direct comparison with the 12-month rates shown in <a href="plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014751#pntd.0014751.g001" target="_blank">Fig 1</a> should be interpreted with caution.

Darker colors indicate higher incidence rates. The basemap used in this figure is sourced from Natural Earth, which provides free public-domain vector and raster map data (naturalearthdata.com).</p>