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Spores of anthrax were accidentally released from a military research facility near the city of Sverdlovsk, causing at least 68 deaths.
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Spore
Unit of reproduction adapted for dispersal and survival in unfavorable conditions
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Infection caused by Bacillus anthracis bacteria
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Sverdlovsk anthrax leak
1979 accidental release of anthrax in the Soviet Union
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Yekaterinburg
City in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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