ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2021
High Case-Fatality Rate for Human Anthrax, Northern Ghana, 2005-2016.
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- Livestock farmers' knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to zoonoses in the Coastal Savannah zone of Ghana.International health · 2026Article
- A comprehensive review of bacterial and hemoparasitic diseases in the water buffalo.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- The two costs of neglect: evaluating the health and economic impacts of anthrax in an endemic area of rural Africa.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Anthrax outbreak linked to consumption and handling of meat from unexpectedly deceased cattle, Kyotera district, Uganda, June-December 2023.One health outlook · 2025Article
- Anthrax meningoencephalitis: A case report.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude and practice related to anthrax among livestock farmers in West Kazakhstan.Veterinary medicine and science · 2024Article
- Molecular characterization of an outbreak-involved Bacillus anthracis strain confirms the spillover of anthrax from West Africa.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2024Article
- Informing One Health Anthrax Surveillance and Vaccination Strategy from Spatial Analysis of Anthrax in Humans and Livestock in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam (1999-2020).The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
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Abstract
The human cutaneous anthrax case-fatality rate is ≈1% when treated, 5%-20% when untreated. We report high case-fatality rates (median 35.0%; 95% CI 21.1%-66.7%) during 2005-2016 linked to livestock handling in northern Ghana, where veterinary resources are limited. Livestock vaccination and access to human treatment should be evaluated.
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