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Sverdlovsk: The Soviet BW Program Analysis

Sverdlovsk: The Soviet Version "In the spring of 1979 a natural outbreak of anthrax among domestic animals did take place in the region of Sverdlovsk... Cases of skin and intestinal forms of anthrax were reported in people because dressing of animals was sometimes conducted without observing rules established by veterinary inspection." -TASS, June 12, 1980. Quoted in James E. Oberg, Uncovering Soviet Disasters, 1988, p. 14.
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