CDC PHIL Images From This Week

PHIL Images From This Week

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12/10/2015 08:00 AM EDT

This digitally-colorized transmission electron micrograph 

(TEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology 

displayed by Norovirus virions. Noroviruses belong to the 

genusNorovirus, and the family Caliciviridae.

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12/09/2015 08:00 AM EDT

This historic 1967 photograph depicted two laboratory 

technicians, Rudy Falcone and Ann Alder, as they were 

in the process of performing a complement fixation test.

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12/08/2015 08:00 AM EDT

In this 2007 image, a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 

microbiologist, and Special Pathogens Branch staff 

member, could be seen manipulating a flask of cells, 

from which he was pipetting a sample, which would 

be used in experiments with live viruses.

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12/07/2015 08:00 AM EDT

This photograph showed an infant being held by his mother, 

who was about to receive an intramuscular vaccination in his

left arm. A qualified nurse was administering the vaccination 

while stabilizing the injection site.