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Potential Links between Precipitation and Anthrax Outbreak at North-West Siberia

(Corresponding) Ezhova E., Orlov D., Malkhazova S., Drozdov D., Gennadinik V., Kaverin D., Zilitinkevich S., Kerminen V., Petäjä T., Kulmala M.

Topic:

Environmental exposures and human health

West Siberia is a region subject to fast warming and unstable precipitation regime. In 2016, the most devastating anthrax outbreak in seventy years occurred in the northern part of the region. A working hypothesis suggests that permafrost thawing led to an exposure of old infected carcasses. We...Read more

Keywords:

anthrax, permafrost, snow, precipitation, CALM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00826

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00826