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Zika Virus
PHIL ID #20487
Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith
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This is a transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Zika virus, which is a member of the family Flaviviridae. Virus particles are 40 nm in diameter, with an outer envelope, and an inner dense core.
Ebola
PHIL ID #10815
Photo Credit: Frederick Murphy
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Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealing some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion.
Ebola
PHIL ID #10816
Photo Credit: Frederick Murphy
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Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealing some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion.
Avian Influenza A H7N9
PHIL ID #15670
Photo Credit: Cynthia S. Goldsmith and Thomas Rowe
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Influenza A H7N9 as viewed through an electron microscope. Both filaments and spheres are observed in this photo.
2009 H1N1 Flu
PHIL ID #11822
Photo Credit: Illustrator: Dan Higgins, CDC
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This picture provides a 3D graphic representation of a generic influenza virion’s ultrastructure and is not specific to a seasonal, avian, or 2009 H1N1 virus. Note the key to the right identifying the virion’s surface protein constituents. See PHIL 11823 for an uncut view of the virion's exterior.
2009 H1N1 Flu
PHIL ID #11823
Photo Credit: Illustrator: Dan Higgins, CDC
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This picture provides a 3D graphic representation of a generic influenza virion’s ultrastructure and is not specific to a seasonal, avian, or 2009 H1N1 virus. See PHIL 11822 for a view of this virus in which a portion of the virion’s protein coat, or "capsid", has been cut away, revealing its inner nucleic acid core proteins, as well as a key identifying the organism’s protein constituents.
2009 H1N1 Flu
PHIL ID #11215
Photo Credit: C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish, CDC
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Negative stain EM image of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A/CA/4/09
2009 H1N1 Flu
PHIL ID #11214
Photo Credit: C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish, CDC
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Negative stain EM image of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A/CA/4/09
Legionella (Legionnaire′s Disease)
PHIL ID #11152
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This image depicts a large grouping of Gram-negative Legionella pneumophila bacteria.
Clostridium difficile
PHIL ID #9999
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Description: This micrograph depicts gram-positive Clostridium difficile bacteria from a stool sample culture obtained using a .1µm filter.
Salmonella Typhimurium
PHIL ID #10983
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a colony of Salmonella Typhimurium bacteria.
Salmonella Typhimurium
PHIL ID #10971
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a colony of Salmonella Typhimurium bacteria.
Salmonella
PHIL ID #10896
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a colony of rod-shaped Salmonella sp. bacteria
Influenza virus particle
PHIL ID #10073
Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This negative-stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts the ultrastructural details of an influenza virus particle, or “virion.”
West Nile Virus
PHIL ID #10700
Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts the presence of West Nile virus virions.
West Nile Virus
PHIL ID #10701
Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This is a transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the West Nile virus (WNV). See PHIL 2290 for a black and white version of this image.
Group C Streptococcus
PHIL ID #10586
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) reveals a small clustered group of gram-positive, beta-hemolytic Group C Streptococcus sp. bacteria. See PHIL 10585 for a black and white version of this image.
Group C Streptococcus
PHIL ID #10591
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) reveals a small clustered group of Gram-positive, beta-hemolytic Group C Streptococcus sp. bacteria. See PHIL 10585 for a black and white version of this image
Measles
PHIL ID #10707
Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This thin-section transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals a single virus particle, or virion, of measles virus.
Norovirus
PHIL ID #10708
Photo Credit: Charles D. Humphrey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals norovirus virions, or virus particles.
Norovirus
PHIL ID #10709
Photo Credit: Charles D. Humphrey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals norovirus virions, or virus particles.
Avian Influenza A H5N1
PHIL ID # 1841
Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Colorized transmission electron micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 viruses (seen in gold) grown in MDCK cells (seen in green).
Avian influenza A viruses do not usually infect humans; however, several instances of human infections and outbreaks have been reported since 1997. When such infections occur, public health authorities monitor these situations closely.
E. Coli
PHIL ID # 10068
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a number of Escherichia coli bacteria of the strain O157:H7. This strain of E. coli is an emerging cause of foodborne illness. An estimated 73,000 cases of infection, and 61 deaths occur in the United States each year. Infection often leads to bloody diarrhea, and occasionally to kidney failure. Most illness has been associated with eating undercooked, contaminated ground beef. Person-to-person contact in families and child care centers is also an important mode of transmission. Infection can also occur after drinking raw milk, and after swimming in, or drinking sewage-contaminated water.
Tuberculosis
PHIL ID # 9997
Photo Credit: Janice Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted some of the ultrastructural details seen in the cell wall configuration of a number of Gram-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. TB bacteria become active, and begin to multiply, if the immune system can't stop them from growing. The bacteria attack the body and destroy tissue. If in the lungs, the bacteria can actually create a hole in the lung tissue. Some people develop active TB disease soon after becoming infected, before their immune system can fight off the bacteria. Other people may get sick later, when their immune system becomes weak for another reason.
HIV-1
PHIL ID # 10000
Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte. See PHIL 1197 for a black and white view of this image.
Clostridium difficile
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Medical illustration of Clostridium difficile
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
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Medical illustration of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase
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Medical illustration of extended-spectrum β-lactamase
MRSA
PHIL ID # 10046
Photo Credit: Janice Haney, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This 2005 colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, e.g., bloodstream, pneumonia, bone infections, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities, including nursing homes, and dialysis centers.
MRSA
PHIL ID # 10045
Photo Credit: Janice Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This 2005 colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, e.g., bloodstream, pneumonia, bone infections, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities, including nursing homes, and dialysis centers.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
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Medical illustration of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
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Medical illustration of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
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Medical illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
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Medical illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Non-typhoidal Salmonella
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Medical illustration of non-typhoidal Salmonella
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
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Medical illustration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Streptococcus Agalactiae
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Medical illustration of Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus Pyogenes
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Medical illustration of Streptococcus pyogenes
Streptococcus Pneumoniae
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Medical illustration of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
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Medical illustration of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA).
CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH
Photo Credit: New York City Department of Health
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Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH
Nancy Cox, Ph.D
PHIL ID # 11210
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This 2009 photograph depicts the Chief of the Influenza Branch for the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Nancy Cox, Ph.D., at the podium during a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) press briefing held in order to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza in California and Texas. CDC issued an MMWR dispatch on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. This briefing updated information included in the dispatch.
Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, M.D.
PHIL ID # 11207
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This 2009 photograph depicts the Interim Deputy Director for Science and Public Health Program, Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, M.D., at the podium during a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) press briefing held in order to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza in California and Texas. CDC issued an MMWR dispatch on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. This briefing updated information included in the dispatch.
CDC Scientist in BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 10721
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC scientist Thomas Stevens peers from inside the autoclave room of the BLS-4 laboratory to the outer corridor.
CDC Scientist in BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 10720
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC scientist Scott Smith laces a rotor containing tubes of virus particles and cellular debris into a high speed centrifuge.
CDC Scientists working in BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 10723
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC scientists connect to a supportive air hose to breathe air and to maintain positive pressure inside the protective, BSL-4 lab suit.
CDC Scientist in BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 10724
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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A CDC scientist inserts a rack of boxes containing biological stocks into the liquid nitrogen freezer for storage.
CDC Scientist in BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 10725
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC scientist Zach Braden counts viral plaques within fixed monolayers of cells over a light box in order to titrate a viral stock.
CDC Scientist in BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 10726
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC scientist Thomas Stevens peers from the chemical decontamination shower to the suit change room.
CDC Scientist in BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 10727
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC scientist Scott Smith manipulates a flask of cells used for experiments with live virus.
CDC Scientist in BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 10728
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC scientist Zach Braden counts viral plaques within fixed monolayers of cells over a light box in order to titrate a viral stock.
CDC scientists examine HIV samples
PHIL ID # 10022
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Depicted in this 2007 photograph is CDC microbiologist Dr. Davis Lupo, shown using a luminometer to measure HIV infection of human cells in vitro, while Lee Lam observes. By employing various chemical reactions to the laboratory cell sample, the release of energy, in the form of emitted light, or bioluminescence, is then measured by this luminometer in quantitative units known as RLUs, or “relative light units.” Dr. Lupo and Ms. Lam are National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) staff members, who work inside the center’s Laboratory Branch (LB).
CDC laboratorians working in a BSL-4 Lab
PHIL ID # 6638
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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This image depicts two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratorians, Luanne Elliot and Dave Auperin, as they work under a flow hood inside one of the CDC′s BSL-4 (Bio Safety Lab) laboratories. CDC scientists working in the biosafety labs must wear protective clothing and head gear, and are supplied air via overhead lines that plug into the suit. The flow hood pulls air into the experimental area by creating a negative pressure, thereby, preventing pathogens from getting out into the general laboratory environment.
CDC laboratorian working
PHIL ID # 7294
Photo Credit: James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Jason Tully, a CDC laboratorian, is shown here using the pH meter in order to prepare a buffer solution in the Personal Care Products Laboratory (PCPL) located in a CDC lab on the organization′s Chamblee, Georgia campus. The Personal Care Products Laboratory (PCPL) is part of the Organic Analytical Toxicology Branch (OATB) in the Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Organic Analytical Toxicology Branch conducts research and develops methods for analyzing selected synthetic and naturally occurring organic chemicals and their metabolites, or reaction products in blood or urine.
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