Preferred Label : sverdlovsk accidental release;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : release, sverdlovsk accidental; accidental release, sverdlovsk;
CISMeF synonym : Sverdlovsk;
MeSH annotation : coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk;
Origin ID : D055905;
UMLS CUI : C2350605;
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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.
