Cutaneous anthrax associated with handling carcasses of animals that died suddenly of unknown cause: Arua District, Uganda, January 2015-August 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anthrax is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted to humans from infected animals. During May-June 2017, three persons with probable cutaneous anthrax were reported in Arua District, Uganda; one died. All had recently handled carcasses of livestock that died suddenly and a skin lesion from a deceased person tested positive by PCR for Bacillus anthracis. During July, a bull in the same community died suddenly and the blood sample tested positive by PCR for Bacillus anthracis. The aim of this investigation was to establish the scope of the problem, identify exposures associated with illness, and recommend evidence-based control measures.

Methods

A probable case was defined as acute onset of a papulo-vesicular skin lesion subsequently forming an eschar in a resid

SUBMITTER: Aceng FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382178 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature