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.