title: Growth of the anti-plague system during the Soviet period.
abstract: The Anti-plague system experienced a dramatic expansion in Soviet times. From the dozen facilities created in the Russian Empire, it grew during the Soviet period to include over 100 facilities engaged in public health activities as well as BW-related work. This article describes how this highly responsive public health system, created to respond to natural outbreaks of dangerous diseases, became a critical adjunct to the Soviet BW program.
authors.affiliation: Monterey Institute of International Studies, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Washington, District of Columbia 20036, USA. souagrham@stimson.org
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Ouagrham-Gormley
mesh_terms: D001694:Biological Warfare; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000266:history*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D014586:USSR / Q000453:epidemiology