Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia
In 2016, an outbreak of anthrax killing thousands of reindeer and affecting dozens of humans occurred on the Yamal peninsula, Northwest Siberia, after 70 years of epidemiological situation without outbreaks. The trigger of the outbreak has been ascribed to the activation of spores due to permafrost...
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/261f0abb-792f-4b0c-80f8-096bfac5a588 2023-05-15T15:05:17+02:00 Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia Ezhova, Ekaterina Orlov, Dmitry Suhonen, Elli Kaverin, Dmitry Mahura, Alexander Gennadinik, Victor Kukkonen, Ilmo Drozdov, Dmitry Lappalainen, Hanna K. Melnikov, Vladimir Petaja, Tuukka Kerminen, Veli-Matti Zilitinkevich, Sergey Malkhazova, Svetlana M. Christensen, Torben R. Kulmala, Markku 2021-06 application/pdf https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/climatic-factors-influencing-the-anthrax-outbreak-of-2016-in-siberia-russia(261f0abb-792f-4b0c-80f8-096bfac5a588).html https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01549-5 https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/279514320/s10393_021_01549_5.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Ezhova , E , Orlov , D , Suhonen , E , Kaverin , D , Mahura , A , Gennadinik , V , Kukkonen , I , Drozdov , D , Lappalainen , H K , Melnikov , V , Petaja , T , Kerminen , V-M , Zilitinkevich , S , Malkhazova , S M , Christensen , T R & Kulmala , M 2021 , ' Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia ' , EcoHealth , vol. 18 , no. 2 , pp. 217-228 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01549-5 Anthrax Permafrost Climate Snow Drought Siberia DISEASES ECOLOGY article 2021 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01549-5 2022-08-31T22:52:39Z In 2016, an outbreak of anthrax killing thousands of reindeer and affecting dozens of humans occurred on the Yamal peninsula, Northwest Siberia, after 70 years of epidemiological situation without outbreaks. The trigger of the outbreak has been ascribed to the activation of spores due to permafrost thaw that was accelerated during the summer heat wave. The focus of our study is on the dynamics of local environmental factors in connection with the observed anthrax revival. We show that permafrost was thawing rapidly for already 6 years before the outbreak. During 2011-2016, relatively warm years were followed by cold years with a thick snow cover, preventing freezing of the soil. Furthermore, the spread of anthrax was likely intensified by an extremely dry summer of 2016. Concurrent with the long-term decreasing trend in the regional annual precipitation, the rainfall in July 2016 was less than 10% of its 30-year mean value. We conclude that epidemiological situation of anthrax in the previously contaminated Arctic regions requires monitoring of climatic factors such as warming and precipitation extremes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic permafrost Yamal Peninsula Siberia Aarhus University: Research Arctic Yamal Peninsula ENVELOPE(69.873,69.873,70.816,70.816) EcoHealth 18 2 217 228 |
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Anthrax Permafrost Climate Snow Drought Siberia DISEASES ECOLOGY Ezhova, Ekaterina Orlov, Dmitry Suhonen, Elli Kaverin, Dmitry Mahura, Alexander Gennadinik, Victor Kukkonen, Ilmo Drozdov, Dmitry Lappalainen, Hanna K. Melnikov, Vladimir Petaja, Tuukka Kerminen, Veli-Matti Zilitinkevich, Sergey Malkhazova, Svetlana M. Christensen, Torben R. Kulmala, Markku Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia |
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In 2016, an outbreak of anthrax killing thousands of reindeer and affecting dozens of humans occurred on the Yamal peninsula, Northwest Siberia, after 70 years of epidemiological situation without outbreaks. The trigger of the outbreak has been ascribed to the activation of spores due to permafrost thaw that was accelerated during the summer heat wave. The focus of our study is on the dynamics of local environmental factors in connection with the observed anthrax revival. We show that permafrost was thawing rapidly for already 6 years before the outbreak. During 2011-2016, relatively warm years were followed by cold years with a thick snow cover, preventing freezing of the soil. Furthermore, the spread of anthrax was likely intensified by an extremely dry summer of 2016. Concurrent with the long-term decreasing trend in the regional annual precipitation, the rainfall in July 2016 was less than 10% of its 30-year mean value. We conclude that epidemiological situation of anthrax in the previously contaminated Arctic regions requires monitoring of climatic factors such as warming and precipitation extremes. |
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Ezhova, Ekaterina Orlov, Dmitry Suhonen, Elli Kaverin, Dmitry Mahura, Alexander Gennadinik, Victor Kukkonen, Ilmo Drozdov, Dmitry Lappalainen, Hanna K. Melnikov, Vladimir Petaja, Tuukka Kerminen, Veli-Matti Zilitinkevich, Sergey Malkhazova, Svetlana M. Christensen, Torben R. Kulmala, Markku |
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Ezhova, Ekaterina Orlov, Dmitry Suhonen, Elli Kaverin, Dmitry Mahura, Alexander Gennadinik, Victor Kukkonen, Ilmo Drozdov, Dmitry Lappalainen, Hanna K. Melnikov, Vladimir Petaja, Tuukka Kerminen, Veli-Matti Zilitinkevich, Sergey Malkhazova, Svetlana M. Christensen, Torben R. Kulmala, Markku |
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Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia |
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Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia |
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Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia |
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Ezhova , E , Orlov , D , Suhonen , E , Kaverin , D , Mahura , A , Gennadinik , V , Kukkonen , I , Drozdov , D , Lappalainen , H K , Melnikov , V , Petaja , T , Kerminen , V-M , Zilitinkevich , S , Malkhazova , S M , Christensen , T R & Kulmala , M 2021 , ' Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia ' , EcoHealth , vol. 18 , no. 2 , pp. 217-228 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01549-5 |
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