TY - JOUR AU - Mwakapeje, Elibariki Reuben AU - Høgset, Sol AU - Fyumagwa, Robert AU - Nonga, Hezron Emmanuel AU - Mdegela, Robinson Hammerthon AU - Skjerve, Eystein PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/05 TI - Anthrax outbreaks in the humans - livestock and wildlife interface areas of Northern Tanzania: a retrospective record review 2006–2016 JO - BMC Public Health SP - 106 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Anthrax outbreaks in Tanzania have been reported from the human, livestock and wildlife sectors over several years, and is among the notifiable diseases. Despite frequent anthrax outbreaks, there is no comprehensive dataset indicating the magnitude and distribution of the disease in susceptible species. This study is a retrospective review of anthrax outbreaks from the human, livestock, and wildlife surveillance systems from 2006 to 2016. The objectives were to identify hotspot districts, describe anthrax epidemiology in the hotspot areas, evaluate the efficiency of the anthrax response systems and identify potential areas for further observational studies. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-5007-z DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-5007-z ID - Mwakapeje2018 ER -