NIH MeSH · D055905Humanities

Sverdlovsk Accidental Release

Also known asAccidental Release, Sverdlovsk · Release, Sverdlovsk Accidental

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 classification

  • K01.400.504.968.750
  • N06.850.135.190.500

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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D055905) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗