Table 3 Laboratory test results of environmental samples during an outbreak, C County, Shandong, August 2021
From: Investigation on an outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in a county of Shandong Province, China, 2021
Sample type | Sample source | PCR results | Bacterial culture results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1–3 | Environmental samples | Wang’s cattle farm sewage, the ground where cattle used to be slaughtered, cattle trucks daub sample | + | 2 strains of bacteria (cattle trucks daub sample) |
4–13 | Environmental samples | Case 8’s yard ground where cattle used to be slaughtered, sewage, cold storage, etc | + | 1 strain of bacteria (yard ground) |
14 | Beef | A beef sample from case 8's cold storage | + | / |
15–26 | Environmental samples | Case 7’syard ground where cattle used to be slaughtered, cow saws, cold storage and butcher shop environment, etc | + | 2 strains of bacteria(cow saws, Inner side wall of cold storage) |
27 | Environmental samples | Plate of barbecue shops where Case 7’s meat was sold | + | / |
28 | Environmental samples | Case 6’s yard ground | + | 1 strain of bacteria |
29–33 | Environmental samples | Case 6’s butcher shop floors, door handles, meat hooks, bone saws, and meat carts | + | / |
34 | Environmental samples | Case 11’s cattle slaughter knife | + | 2 strains of bacteria |