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. 2020 Feb 27;14(2):e0008026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008026

Table 4. Laboratory results of specimen testing during gastrointestinal anthrax outbreak: Isingiro, Uganda, August 2017.

Source B. anthracis Assay Result by Specimen Type
Blood Vomitus Stool
Case-patient 1 C- M+, C+, PCR+ C-
Case-patient 2 C- C- C+, PCR+
Case-patient 3 C- C+, PCR+ C-
Case-patient 4 C-
Case-patient 5 C-
Case-patient 6 C-
Case-patient 7 C-
Case-patient 8 C-
Sick Cow (herd mate of implicated source; not the implicated cow) C- C-