Awareness and attitudes towards anthrax and meat consumption practices among affected communities in Zambia: A mixed methods approach.

• Main Authors: Doreen Chilolo Sitali (Author), Chisoni Mumba (Author), Eystein Skjerve (Author), Oliver Mweemba (Author), Consolata Kabonesa (Author), Mwinyi Omary Mwinyi (Author), Luke Nyakarahuka (Author), John Bwalya Muma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Zambia, human anthrax cases often occur following cases of animal anthrax. Human behaviour has been implicated in this transmission. The objective of the study was to explore human behavioural patterns that may contribute to outbreaks of anthrax among affected communities.A mixed methods study wa...