Title Anthrax : the investigation of a deadly outbreak / Jeanne Guillemin

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 321 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents Anthrax; accursed fire and biological weapon -- Moscow; fragments of evidence -- Moscow; conflicting visions -- In the Urals; the quest begins -- Autopsy visions -- The community of the dead; Vostochniy Cemetery -- Abramova's treasure -- To Chkalovskiy Rayon -- Constraints, fears, frustrations -- Knocking on doors -- Public health and private pain -- The unnatural steals the natural Resignation -- Vulnerability and chance -- The KGB list of victims -- Moscow redux -- Names go to places; map building begins -- Biological weapons and political outbreaks -- Manifestation -- Mirage; the animal outbreak -- Chkalovskiy; the final pieces -- Do no evil, see no evil -- The summing up -- The threat of bioweapons -- Return to Yekaterinburg -- "The world is global." Summary This is a powerful story of an anthrax outbreak 20 years ago, one that took the lives of over 150 Russians, and one that was covered up by the KGB and others in the government. Like a mystery novel, the book's drama takes the reader through the maze of cover-up and denial to find the real truth Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Anthrax -- Russia (Federation) -- Ekaterinburg -- Epidemiology Biological weapons -- Russia (Federation) -- Ekaterinburg Accidents. Biological warfare. Anthrax -- epidemiology Accidents Biological Warfare Disease Outbreaks -- history accidents. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Public Health. Biological warfare Accidents Biological weapons Epidemieën. Miltvuur. Biologische wapens. Anthrax -- Russia -- Ekaterinburg -- Epidemiology. SUBJECT Russia Subject Russia (Federation) -- Ekaterinburg Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520927100 0520927109 0585385203 9780585385204 1597344699 9781597344692

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