ReadMe File Data Collection Tools and Data supporting the manuscript The two costs of neglect: evaluating the health and economic impacts of anthrax in an endemic area of rural Africa (Aminu et al.) 1. Questionnaire-based Household Survey This questionnaire was administered at the household level using Open Data Kit (ODK). 1.1 ODK electronic survey (.xls). Sheet 1 - question names. Sheet 2 - code choices. 1.2 Results (.csv). Identifiable data have been omitted. Coded as 9999 when unknown. 2. Animal anthrax qPCR test results, obtained through active case detection (.xls) NR = not recorded N/A = sample not available Columns F-J: numerical values represent Ct values for qPCR targets Cap/Lef/PL3, where x = no amplification by 40 cycles 3. Data on household willingness to pay (WTP), collected as part of socio-economic surveys (.xls) Sheet 1 - Data Sheet 2 - Description of variables