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Humanities > History > History, Modern 1601- > History, 20th Century > Sverdlovsk Accidental Release
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Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Accidents > Biohazard Release > Sverdlovsk Accidental Release

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Sverdlovsk Accidental Release  

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  • 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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