gptkbp:instanceOf
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biological accident
public health disaster
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gptkbp:agent
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gptkb:Bacillus_anthracis
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gptkbp:cause
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accidental release of anthrax spores
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gptkbp:city_now_known_as
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gptkb:Yekaterinburg
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gptkbp:confirmed_as_airborne_release
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1992
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gptkbp:date
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April 2, 1979
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gptkbp:exposedBy
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bioweapons production in USSR
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gptkbp:hasFacility
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gptkb:Compound_19
military microbiology facility
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sverdlovsk anthrax leak
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gptkbp:impact
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led to international concern about biological weapons
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gptkbp:initial_explanation
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tainted meat
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gptkbp:investigatedBy
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gptkb:Matthew_Meselson
gptkb:Russian_authorities
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Sverdlovsk,_Soviet_Union
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gptkbp:notableFigure
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gptkb:Matthew_Meselson
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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gptkb:Science_(journal)
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gptkbp:number_of_infected
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at least 94
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Soviet_biological_weapons_program
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gptkbp:Soviet_admission
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1992
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gptkbp:Soviet_cover-up
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yes
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gptkbp:type_of_anthrax
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inhalational anthrax
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gptkbp:victim
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at least 66
possibly over 100
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Sverdlovsk_1979
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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