Table 3. Retrospective cohort study on anthrax risk factors by form during outbreak, Kaplobotwo, Kween District, April 2018.
| Form | Cases |
Attack rate, % |
RR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposed | Nonexposed | Exposed | Nonexposed | |||
| Cutaneous anthrax | ||||||
| Carried dead cow | 37 | 104 | 54 | 13 | 4.3 (2.4–7.8)* | |
| Participated in skinning | 10 | 131 | 80 | 19 | 4.2 (2.6–6.7)* | |
| Participated in cutting/butchering | 10 | 131 | 90 | 18 | 4.9 (3.2–7.5)* | |
| Participated in removing organs | 10 | 131 | 70 | 20 | 3.5 (2.1–6.0)* | |
| Carried the skin of the dead cow | 8 | 133 | 88 | 20 | 4.5 (2.9–6.9)* | |
| Carried cut meat | 37 | 104 | 54 | 13 | 4.3 (2.4–7.8)* | |
| Cleaned the waste | 10 | 131 | 80 | 19 | 4.2 (2.6–6.7)* | |
| For every additional exposure* |
|
|
|
|
|
1.4 (1.3–1.5)* |
| Gastrointestinal anthrax | ||||||
| Ate meat from dead cow, total | 95 | 46 | 35 | 0 | ¥ (4.3–¥)* | |
| Ate undercooked meat | 9 | 86 | 78 | 31 | 2.5 (1.5–4.1)* | |
| Cooking/boiling time | ||||||
| Boiled meat >60 vs. ≤30min | 41 | 22 | 22 | 64 | 0.34 (0.18–0.67)* | |
| Boiled meat 31–60 vs. ≤30min |
17 |
22 |
|
35 |
64 |
0.55 (0.27–1.1) |
| *Estimated using modified Poisson regression. | ||||||