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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Synopsis

Outbreak of Anthrax Associated with Handling and Eating Meat from a Cow, Uganda, 2018

Esther KisaakyeComments to Author , 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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Table 2

Anthrax attack rates by age and sex for each form, Kaplobotwo, Kween District, Uganda, April 2018*

Anthrax form Total cohort No. cases AR, %
All anthrax 141 47 33
Sex
M 77 32 42
F 64 15 23
Age range, y
0–5 30 12 40
6–17 27 6 22
18–29 27 7 26
30–59 40 16 40
≥60
 17
 6
 35
Cutaneous-only 141 13 9.2
Sex
M 77 5 6.5
F 64 8 13
Age range, y
0–5 30 1 3.3
6–17 27 1 3.7
18–29 27 3 11
30–59 40 6 15
≥60
 17
 2
 12
Gastrointestinal-only 141 14 9.9
Sex
M 77 12 16
F 64 2 3.1
Age range, y
0–5 30 5 17
6–17 27 1 3.7
18–29 27 1 3.7
30–59 40 5 13
≥60
 17
 2
 12
Cutaneous and gastrointestinal 141 20 14
Sex
M 77 15 19
F 64 5 7.8
Age range, y
0–5 30 6 20
6–17 27 4 15
18–29 27 3 11
30–59 40 5 13
≥60
 17
 2
 12
*AR, attack rate.

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