Table 2.

Summary of human cases and diagnostic tests used for confirmation of anthrax.

Year	Location/District	Study type	Human infection	Lab. Test used	Reference
1986	Pubna milk shed area, Pubna	Cross-sectional study	27 cutaneous anthrax cases	–	[30]
2010	Pubna, Sirajganj, Kushtia, Meherpur, Tangail, Manikganj, Satkhira, Lalmonirhat, Rajshahi, Narayanganj, Laxipur, and Chattogram	Passive Surveillance/extended surveillance and outbreak investigation	607 cases	–	[45]
2011	Rajshahi, Sirajganj, Meherpur, Tangail, Bogra Pabna, and Chapai Nawabganj	Surveillance and outbreak investigation	278 cases	–	[46]
2011	Rajshahi medical college hospital	Case reports	15 cutaneous anthrax cases	Gram-staining smear	[49]
2012	Sirajganj, Kushtia, Bogra, Tangail, and Meherpur	Surveillance and outbreak investigation	176 cases		[47]
2012	Sirajganj, Pabna, and Tangail	Exploratory investigation	39 confirmed cases and 234 suspected cases identified	Loeffler's polychrome methylene blue stain MLVA	[18]
2013	Tangail, Meherpur and Chuadanga	Surveillance and outbreak investigation	327 cutaneous anthrax cases in Sirajganj,		[48]
2014	Sirajgajganj, Mehepur, Narayanganj, and Tangail	Surveillance and outbreak investigation	225 cases	–	[48]
2016	Rajshahi	Case reports	13 infected cutaneous anthrax	–	[50]
2018	Sirajganj, Tangail and Rajbari	Outbreak investigation/cross-sectional study	70 people got infection with cutaneous anthrax	Loeffler's polychrome methylene blue stain	[17]
2018	Rajbari	Case reports	6 people got skin lesions	PCR	[35]