Table 1 Number of cases of anthrax reported in humans and animals from 2011 to 2022 in Africa
Country | Year | Human cases | Animal cases | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Zimbabwe | 2022–2023 | 88 cases | NA | Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies (2023) |
2021 | 212 cases | NA | Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies (2021) | |
2019–2021 | 979 cases and 3 deaths | NA | Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies (2021) | |
2019 | NA | 8 elephants and 2 buffaloes | Â | |
2018 | NA | 100 impalas | Mukarati et al. (2020) | |
2013–2014 | 64 cases | 180 deaths (cattle) | Makurumidze et al. (2021) | |
2012 | 49 cases | NA | Makurumidze et al. (2021) | |
2011 | 37 cases | NA | Makurumidze et al. (2021) | |
Namibia | 2017 | NA | 107 hippopotami and 20 buffaloes | Cossaboom et al. (2019) |
Kenya | 2023 | 15 cases and 3 deaths | NA | Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies (2023) |
2017 | 9 cases | 2 cattle and 2 wildlife | Muturi et al. (2018) | |
2015 | NA | 10 cattle and 766 wildlife | Â | |
2014 | 6 cases | 8 cattle | Â | |
Sierra Leone | 2022 | 8 cases | 223 deaths (91 cattle, 53 goats, and 79 sheep) | Bangura et al. (2022) |
South Africa | 2012 | NA | 30 hippopotami and 45 antelopes | Bekker et al. (2012) |
2010 | NA | 2000 deaths | Thapa et al. (2014) | |
Ethiopia | 2022 | 9 cases | NA | Seyoum et al. (2022) |
2016–2019 | 1188 cases and 15 deaths | NA | Wondmnew and Asrade (2023) | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2022 | 9 cases and 2 deaths | NA | Muhindo et al. (2023) |
Uganda | 2022 | 8 cases and 1 death | NA | Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies (2022) |
2018–2021 | 15 and 10 deaths | NA | Omodo et al. (2023) | |
South Sudan | 2022 | 8 cases | NA | Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies (2022) |
Lesotho | 2019 | 50 cases | 106 cases and 24 deaths | National Institute for Communicable Disease (2019) |
Guinea | 2019 | 5 cases and 1 death | NA | Tournier et al. (2019) |
Tanzania | 2019 | 77 cases and 4 deaths | NA | Mwakapeje et al. (2019) |
2017 | NA | NA | Â | |
Mozambique | 2017 | NA | 2 elephants and 1 kudu | de Garine-Wichatitsky et al. (2017) |
Morocco | 2015 | 9 cases | NA | Raza et al. (2022) |
Angola | 2014 | NA | 150 cattle and 5 deaths | Chavwanga (2014) |