Outbreak of cutaneous anthrax associated with handling meat of dead cows in Southwestern Uganda, May 2018

BACKGROUND: Anthrax is a zoonotic infection caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Humans acquire cutaneous infection through contact with infected animals or animal products. On May 6, 2018, three cows suddenly died on a farm in Kiruhura District. Shortly afterwards, a sub-county chief in Kiruh...

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Autores principales: Musewa, Angella, Mirembe, Bernadette Basuta, Monje, Fred, Birungi, Doreen, Nanziri, Carol, Aceng, Freda Loy, Kabwama, Steven N., Kwesiga, Benon, Ndumu, Deo Birungi, Nyakarahuka, Luke, Buule, Joshua, Cossaboom, Caitlin M., Lowe, David, Kolton, Cari B., Marston, Chung K., Stoddard, Robyn A., Hoffmaster, Alex R., Ario, Alex Riolexus, Zhu, Bao-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9356462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35933401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00445-0

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