Outbreak of Anthrax Associated with Handling and Eating Meat from a Cow, Uganda, 2018
Esther Kisaakye
, Alex Riolexus Ario, Kenneth Bainomugisha, Caitlin M. Cossaboom, David Lowe, Lilian Bulage, Daniel Kadobera, Musa Sekamatte, Bernard Lubwama, Dan Tumusiime, Patrick Tusiime, Robert Downing, Joshua Buule, Julius Lutwama, Johanna S. Salzer, Eduard Matkovic, Jana Ritter, Joy Gary, and Bao-Ping Zhu
Author affiliations: Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda (E. Kisaakye, A. Riolexus Ario, K. Bainomugisha, L. Bulage, D. Kadobera); Ministry of Health, Kampala (A. Riolexus Ario, M. Sekamatte, B. Lubwama, P. Tusiime); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.M. Cossaboom, D. Lowe, J.S. Salzer, E. Matkovic, J. Ritter, J. Gary, B. Zhu); Ministry of Agriculture, Entebbe, Uganda (D. Tumusiime); Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda (R. Downing, J. Buule, J. Lutwama); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala (B.-P. Zhu)
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Figure 2. Distribution by date of onset of cases in anthrax outbreak that occurred in April 2018, Kween District, Uganda. A) All anthrax cases; B) cutaneous-only cases; C) gastrointestinal-only cases; D) cases of both cutaneous and gastrointestinal anthrax.
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