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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Dispatch

High Case-Fatality Rate for Human Anthrax, Northern Ghana, 2005–2016

Jason K. BlackburnComments to Author , Ernest Kenu, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Badu Sarkodie, Ian T. Kracalik1, William A. Bower, Robyn A. Stoddard, and Rita M. Traxler
Author affiliations: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (J.K. Blackburn, I.T. Kracalik); University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana (E. Kenu); Ghana Health Service, Accra (F. Asiedu-Bekoe, B. Sarkodie); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (W.A. Bower, R.A. Stoddard, R.M. Traxler)

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Table

Annual human mortality by district for Upper East region and a single district from what is now North East region (formerly part of Northern region), Ghana, 2006–2016

Region and district Year Cases Deaths Case-fatality rate (95% CI)
Upper East
Bawku West 2006 27 6 22.2 (8.6–42.3)
2012 3 2 66.7 (9.4–99.2)
2013 7 6 85.7 (42.1–99.6)
2014 1 1 100.0 (2.5–100.0)
Garu-Tempane 2008 10 3 30.0 (6.7–65.2)
Talensi Nabdam 2008 6 1 16.7 (0.4–64.1)
2009 9 2 22.2 (2.8–60.0)
2014 10 6 60.0 (26.2–87.8)
Bongo
 2012
 5
 2
 40.0 (5.3–85.3)
North East*
West Mamprusi 2007 5 1 20.0 (0.5–71.6)

*Current region for this district.

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1Current affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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