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

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

<h4>Background</h4>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 sudden...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Freda Loy Aceng, Alex Riolexus Ario, Phoebe Hilda Alitubeera, Mukasa Matinda Neckyon, Daniel Kadobera, Musa Sekamatte, Denis Okethwangu, Lilian Bulage, Julie R Harris, Willy Nguma, Deo Birungi Ndumu, Joshua Buule, Luke Nyakarahuka, Bao-Ping Zhu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e799659087f5409c99bda13c99cb2d04
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Internet

https://doaj.org/article/e799659087f5409c99bda13c99cb2d04

Similar Items