Table 2. Factors associated with contracting anthrax, Tengwe, Hurungwe District, 2022.

Variable	Cases	Controls	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Sex
Female	10	29	0.54 (0.2–1.34)	0.183
Male	21	33	Ref
Level of education
Primary or less	9	13	1.54 (0.5–4.14)	0.442
Secondary or above	22	49	Ref
Religious beliefs on consumption of meat
‘Restrictive’	27	55	0.86 (0.23–3.19)	0.820
Non ‘Restrictive’	4	7	Ref
Household size
< = 6	16	32	1.00 (0.42–2.37)	1.00
>6	15	30	Ref
Eating undercooked meat
Yes	30	40	16.5 (2.11–129.36)	<0.001
No	1	22	Ref
Skinning of carcass without protection
Yes	13	12	3.01 (1.16–7.80)	0.021
No	18	51	Ref
Preparing meat
Yes	19	23	2.68 (1.11–5.52)	0.027
No	12	39	Ref
History of a dead beast in the homestead
Yes	19	23	2.68 (1.11–6.52)	0.027
No	13	39	Ref
Assisting in carcass disposal
Yes	3	3	2.11 (0.40–11.1)	0.371
No	28	59	Ref
Overall knowledge on anthrax
Good	19	23	2.48 (1.03–5.94)	0.040
Poor	13	39	Ref

^aRestrictive- does not permit consumption of meat from animals that died on their own, animals killed due to unknown causes or butchered after an unobserved death