Declarations

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge support received from the staff of the Accra Veterinary Laboratory, Ghana Health Service, Veterinary Services Department, and Kwahu West Municipal Assembly who contributed to a successful resolution of the outbreak. In addition, we would like to thank the technical assistance provided by the Afrique One African Science Partnership for Intervention Research Excellence, Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Programme and Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Network of Ghana.

Competing interests

DKA and EK declare that they are editorial board members of BMC Public Health. All other authors have no competing interests.

Funding

None to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the study: FSN BBK ED PKM ED TW DKA EK. Conducted the investigation: FSN BBK ED PKM ED TW JA. Analyzed the data: FSN ED PKM ED. Contributed materials/analysis tools: BBK DKA EK. Wrote the paper: FSN. Edited the paper FSN BBK ED PKM ED TW DKA EK.

Data Availability Statement

All relevant data are within the manuscript and its Supplemental Materials files.