After Anthrax Outbreak, Russian Officials Evacuate Nomads, Send Military Planes

The Yamalo-Nenets region in Russia. (Google Maps)

But Dr. Peter Eichacker, a senior investigator at the U.S. National Institutes of Health clinical center, told CNN it’s unclear what type of anthrax infection hit the region.

“But it’s most likely the gastrointestinal tract form,” he said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.