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

Table 3 Summary of anthrax diagnostic testing result, by carcass sampled, in Kiruhura District, Uganda, May 2018

Species	AAD rapid test	Culture	RT-PCR	Immunohistochemistry
Species	AAD rapid test	Culture	RT-PCR	Cell wall	Capsule
Bovine	+	+	+	+	+
Bovine	+	−	+	+	+
Bovine	+	−	+	+	+
Bovine	+	+	+	−	+^a
Bovine	+	−	+	+	+
Bovine	+	−	−	+	+
Bovine	+	−	+	−	+^a
Bovine	+	−	+	NT	NT
Caprine	−	−	−	−	+^a
Bovine	NT	−	−	−	−

AAD Rapid Test, InBios Active Anthrax Detect Rapid Test (InBios, http://www.inbios.com)
NT not tested
^aImmunoreactive for capsule, not cell wall, which is suggestive of B. anthracis, but not confirmatory

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