Outbreak of Cutaneous anthrax associated with handling meat of dead cows: Engari sub-county, Kiruhura district, south western Uganda, May 2018

• A. Musewa,
• B. Mirembe,
• A.R. Ario,
• D. Birungi,
• C. Nanziri,
• F.L. Acheng,
• S.N. Kabwama,
• D. Ndumu,
• C. Cossaboom,
• D. Lowe,
• B.P. Zhu

Affiliations

A. Musewa

Uganda Public Health Fellow Program, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Kampala, Uganda; Corresponding author.

B. Mirembe

Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Epidemiology, Kampala, Uganda

A.R. Ario

Ministry of Health, Epidemiology, Kampala, Uganda

D. Birungi

Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Epidemiology, Kampala, Uganda

C. Nanziri

Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Epidemiology, Kampala, Uganda

F.L. Acheng

Ministry of Health, Epidemiology, Kampala, Uganda

S.N. Kabwama

Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Epidemiology, Kampala, Uganda

D. Ndumu

National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiology Centre, Epidemiology, Kampala, Uganda

C. Cossaboom

National Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA, Atlanta, USA

D. Lowe

National Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA, Atlanta, USA

B.P. Zhu

Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Atlanta, USA, Atlanta, USA