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PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Russia (16): (YN) reindeer, ecology
Anthrax -- RussiaScientists are witnessing the theoretical turning into reality: infectious microbes emerging from a deep freeze.This past summer [2016] anthrax killed a 12-year-old boy in a remote part of Siberia. At least 20 other people, also from the Yamal Peninsula, were diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease after approximately 100 suspected cases were hospitalized. Additionally, more than 2300 reindeer in the area died from the infection. The likely cause? Thawing permafrost. According Read more [...]
