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

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 t...

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Autores principales: Blackburn, Jason K., Kenu, Ernest, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Sarkodie, Badu, Kracalik, Ian T., Bower, William A., Stoddard, Robyn A., Traxler, Rita M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33754993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204496

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