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Abstract
ANTHRAX outbreak that occurred in 1979 and was associated with a research facility in Sverdlovsk, in the Ural mountain region of central RUSSIA. Most victims worked or lived in a narrow zone extending from the facility. The zone of anthrax-caused livestock mortality paralleled the northerly wind that prevailed shortly before the outbreak. It was concluded that an escape of ANTHRAX caused outbreak.
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- Accidental Release, Sverdlovsk
- Release, Sverdlovsk Accidental
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent
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2009
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- Accidents (1979-2008)
- Anthrax (1979-2008)
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- National Library of Medicine. Sverdlovsk Accidental Release. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055905. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055905
- Sverdlovsk Accidental Release. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak
- Sverdlovsk Accidental Release. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592810