Data tape storage room in National Center for Health Statistics.
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte. This image has been colored to highlight important features; see PHIL 1197 for original black and white view of this image. Multiple round More
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte. This image has been colored to highlight important features; see PHIL 1197 for original black and white view of this image. Mul More
Depicted in this 2007 was CDC microbiologist Susan Phillips, using an Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) test, in order to develop a method for the rapid detection of HIV p24 antigen in blood samples. Bi More
Streptococcus pneumoniae in spinal fluid. FA stain (digitally colorized). Streptococci Polski: Obraz w mikroskopie fluorescencyjnym, widać obraz dwoinek. Română: Pneumococi prezenţi în lichidul cerebrospinal, î More
This colorized version of PHIL 232 depicts a scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a number of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Deutsch: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (gelb) im Raster-Scanning-Mikroskop (nachgefärbt) More
This 2005 scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly referred to by the acronym, MRSA; Magnified 9560x. Recently recognized ou More
This colorized 2005 scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly referred to by the acronym, MRSA; Magnified 2390x. Recently reco More
This 2005 scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly referred to by the acronym, MRSA; Magnified 2381x. Recently recognized out More
This (Pseudocolored) negative-stained (false-colored) transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts the ultrastructural details of an influenza virus particle, or “virion”. A member of the taxonomic family Ort More
This photograph depicts microbiologist, and former director of Centers for Disease Control’s Laboratory Division, Dr. Charles C. Shepard. It was through the diligent efforts of doctors Sheppard, and cohort micr More
Русский: На данной микроскопической картине представлена ткань легкого человека, больного легионеллезной пневмонией. Окраска гематоксилин-эозином. Legionella pneumophila грам-отрицательные, видны в виде красных More
Français : Examen médical clinique de la gorge. Original description This young boy was in the process of being examined by a physician. At this point in the examination, the doctor was taking a throat swab of More
This negatively-stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed the presence of Rubella virus virions, as they were in the process of budding from the host cell surface to be freed into the host’s syste More
This 1975 transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed the presence of a number of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus virions that happened to be in a specimen of central nervous system tissue. EEE is a More
This photograph depicts a Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly, which had landed atop the skin surface of the photographer, who’d volunteered himself as host for this specimen’s blood meal. The sandflies are members of More
This photograph depicts a Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly, which had landed atop the skin surface of the photographer, who’d volunteered himself as host for this specimen’s blood meal. The sandflies are members o More
Digitally colorized Leifson flagella stained sample of en:Bordetella bronchiseptica. Obtained from the CDC Public Health Image Library. Image credit: CDC/Dr. William A. Clark (PHIL #1037), 1976.
This photograph depicted an Italian female smallpox patient whose skin displayed the characteristics of late-stage confluent maculopapular scarring on her face, arms and chest.
The child depicted in this 1969 photograph was an inhabitant of the former Republic of Upper Volta, West Africa, now known as Burkina Faso. Suffering from smallpox, this child also was battling the secondary in More
Streptococcus mutans. Gram stain. Thioglycollate broth culture. Morphology is rod-like with chains when cultured on broth. Can cause subacute bacterial endocarditis and dental caries. Streptococci 日本語: ミュータンス菌. More
Deutsch: de:Streptococcus mutans (de:Gram-Färbung) English: Streptococcus mutans. Gram stain. Thioglycollate culture. Morphology is rod-like with chains when cultured on broth. Can cause subacute bacterial endo More
Lactobacillus organisms and vaginal squamous epithelial cell. Bacteria appeared as gram-positive rods among squamous epithelial cells and neutrophils in this vaginal smear.
PHIL ID#: 10523 Description: This photomicrograph revealed the presence of Aspergillus fumigatus fungal organisms in a brain tissue, methenamine silver-stained specimen harvested from a turkey poult that had c More
Bacillus coagulans. Gram stain. Public domain photograph of stained glass window, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bacillus cereus. Leifson flagella stain. Español: Las flagelas de Bacillus cereus, uno de sus factores de virulencia.
Clostridium septicum cultures
This 2008 photograph depicted a CDC microbiologist, as she was demonstrating how one properly “candles” an embyonated chicken egg, which employs a very bright light that is either placed behind the egg, such as More
Ebola virus virion. Created by GC microbiologist Cynthia Goldsmith, this colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion.
Nutrition in pregnancy. Pregnant woman eating strawberries, grapes, orange slices, and apple.
Dr. Alexander Langmuir, US-american epidemiologist. Deutsch: Dr. Alexander Langmuir, US-amerikanischer Epidemiologe.
From the PHIL description: "Under a magnification of 3841X, this scanning electron micrograph SEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphologic details exhibited by a number of Gram-positive bacilli, or “ro More
This 1999 photograph depicted the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. It is the world’s largest medical library, collecting mate More
Colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) with moderately-high magnification of 5000X, depicting a large grouping of Gram-negative Legionella pneumophila bacteria. Русский: Цветная электросканограмма, увелич More
colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) with moderately-high magnification of 8000X depicting a large grouping of Gram-negative Legionella pneumophila bacteria Русский: Цветная электросканограмма (х8000). More
Under a very high magnification of 20,000x, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows a strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria taken from a vancomycin intermediate resistant culture (VISA). Under SEM, one More
Under a very high magnification of 50,000x, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows a strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria taken from a vancomycin intermediate resistant culture (VISA). Under SEM, one More
Under a moderately-high magnification of 5011X, this 2002 scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by small grouping of Hartmannella vermiformis amoebae troph More
Negative stain EM image of the swine influenza A/CA/4/09
This colorized negative stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicted some of the ultrastructural morphology of the A/CA/4/09 swine flu virus. See PHIL 11212 for a black and white version of this image.
This colorized negative stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicted some of the ultrastructural morphology of the A/CA/4/09 swine flu virus. See PHIL 11213 for a black and white version of this image.
This historic photograph depicted Centers for Disease Control (CDC) laboratorian George Gorman at left, along side Dr. Jim Feeley, while they were examining culture plates, i.e., Petri dishes, upon which the fi More
Public Health Service Quarantine Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957 Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This 1979 photograph was taken inside St. Roch’s Cemetery, New Orleans, LA., which acted as an urban-situated breeding site for Aedes aegypti, and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitos. Both of these mosquito gener More
Old location of National Library of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Public Service Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957 Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of hospital buil More
Transmission electron micrograph of the Sin Nombre Hantavirus. Hantaviruses that cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) are carried in rodent droppings, especially the deer mouse. Incubation lasts for 1–5wks More
False colors Scanning Electron Micrograph of a Flea. Fleas are known to carry a number of diseases that are transferable to human beings through their bites. Included in these infections is the plague, caused b More
This scanning electron micrograph (SEM) clearly showed the ventral surface of a Giardia muris trophozoite. The ventral adhesive disk resembles a suction cup, where overlapping microtubules in the cytoplasm form More
Blood agar and bicarbonate agar plate cultures of Bacillus cereus. Negative encapsulation test. Rough colonies of Bacillus cereus on both blood and bicarbonate agars.
ID#: 11739 Description: This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed on the ventral surface of a bedbug, Cimex lectularius. From this vi More
Nederlands: cutted and cropped version of File:African dwarf frog.jpg, edited by B kimmel
This photograph depicts an African dwarf frog, Hymenochirus boettgeri. CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states to investigate a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella, serotype typhimu More
This scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image revealed two Acanthamoeba polyphaga protozoa, as they were interacting through their pseudopodia, projecting from the surfaces of these organisms. These pseudopodi More
This image depicts the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, which was the site of a March 28, 1979 power plant accident. The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nucl More
Aftermath of Earthquake, Mexico City. Français : Ruines d'un séisme à Mexico
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte. Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of assembly and budding of virions. العربية: صورة بالمجهر الالكتروني لفيروس نقص المنا More
A Sao Paulo, Brazilian child’s face showing characteristic lesions of paracoccidioidomycosis. Also known as "Brazilian blastomycosis", this disease is caused by the fungus, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis or Par More
This 1955 image depicted the penis of a Brisbane, Australia patient displaying morphologic changes indicative of hypospadias, and a bifid penis, making the act of urination very difficult, as can be seen here. More
Čeština: Orální kandidóza (soor) Deutsch: Schwere Kandidose der Mundhöhle. English: Oral thrush. Aphthae. Candida albicans. Türkçe: Ağızda kandidoz (pamukçuk). Српски / srpski: Орална ткива захваћена кандидом More
Burkholderia mallei colonies on sheep's blood agar
This December, 1975 photograph depicted an over crowded ferry as it powered itself along Southern Bangladesh’s Meghna River. PHIL images 1191, 3258, 5664, and 12290 through 12367, were supplied by Dr. Michael S More
"This December, 1975 photograph depicted an over crowded ferry as it powered itself along Southern Bangladesh’s Meghna River. PHIL images 1191, 3258, 5664, and 12290 through 12367, were supplied by Dr. Michael More
This photograph depicts the colonial morphology displayed by Gram-negative Yersinia pestis bacteria, which was grown on a medium of chocolate agar, for a 72 hour time period, at a temperature of 25°C. Note that More
Alcaligenes faecalis. Flagella stain.
This photographic collage depicts the karyotype that would represent the chromosomal configuration known as an autosomal deletion syndrome, which has been given the name, cri-du-chat. In this particular case, t More
histopathologic changes in the structure of a hair follicle, in a patient with ringworm, infected with the dermatophyte, Trichophyton tonsurans. Deutsch: Nativpräparat eines Haarfollikels mit Trichophyton tonsurans
This is an enlarged view of an Aedes triseriatus mosquito pupa. The A. triseriatus mosquito is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus More
This is an enlarged view of an Aedes triseriatus mosquito larva. The A. triseriatus mosquito is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus More
Actinobacillus lignieresi. Gram stain. Public domain photograph of micro organism, microscopy, biology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This historic aerial view, looking towards the south, depicts the appearance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) geographic presence in 1963. The former Building 1 is seen in the foregroun More
This 1995 photograph shows sanitary procedures being practiced in a clinic in Zaire during Ebola virus disease outbreak.
David J. Sencer, M.D., M.P.H., Chief, CDC David J. Sencer, M.D., M.P.H., Chief, CDC, 1966. Also served as Deputy Chief, CDC, 1964.
Čeština: Dítě s příušnicemi English: Mumps. Child with mumps. Français : Tuméfaction des glandes parotides. 日本語: 耳下腺が腫脹して顔が膨れた様になった流行性耳下腺炎の患者. 中文: 流行性腮腺炎的主要症状之一是下脸部肿胀.
Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director of CDC, 1998–2002 Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - P More
This 2008 photograph depicted former Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr. David J. Sencer at a podium, as he was speaking during a CDC Smallpox Reunion, held in Atlanta, Georgia. It was during Dr. Sencer's More
Two Lassa Witch DoctorsFrançais : sorciers guérisseurs de Lassa (Nigeria)
From 1969, this photograph, which was captured in the West African village of Gani, in the country formerly known as the Upper Volta, but is now known as Burkina Faso, depicts a Ganian mother holding her child, More
Bosanski: Čovjek sa atrofiranom nogom radi dječije paralize. Čeština: Muž po mozkové obrně English: Man on street with atrophy and paralysis of the right leg and foot due to polio. Esperanto: Viro kun dekstra k More
Dracunculosis/Guinea Worm Disease. A method used to extract a Guinea worm from the leg vein of a human patient.
Ancylostoma braziliense mouth parts. Hookworm, parasite. Public domain photograph of micro organism, microscopy, biology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii. Français : Photographie de la plage de Waïkiki à Honolulu, (Hawaii) prise en 1999.
Under a very low magnification of only 8X; this photomicrograph revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by three Taenia solium proglottids. Proglottids of Taenia spp. Gravid proglottids are lo More
Acanthamoeba polyphaga cyst. Phase contrast. Ameba, parasite. Public domain photograph of micro organism, microscopy, biology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This image depicts the dorsum of the right hand of a 71-year-old woman revealing a metastatic lesion of vaccinia necrosum, also known as progressive vaccinia. The margins of this lesion displayed the characteri More
This image depicts what had been the initial vaccination site in the case of the patient whose right hand was depicted in PHIL 14253. This was a case of progressive vaccinia, also known as vaccinia necrosum, an More
This 1962 photograph depicted a 70 year-old Cardiff, Wales female, who’d received a smallpox vaccination, and subsequently developed a severe reaction to the vaccine, known as vaccinia necrosum. See PHIL 14251 More
This illustration from 1979; depicts a photomicrographic view of a culture specimen revealing the presence of numerous; Borrelia recurrentis bacteria; which cause European relapsing fever. This bacterium is tra More
Oatmeal Crisp
This image depicts a still life composed of exercise equipment, including a turquoise rubber ball, a pair of light-weight dumbbells, and an elastic jump rope, all set atop a yellow tabletop.
Ronald Ross Ronald Ross, one of the discoverers of the malaria parasite. Français : Ronald Ross, montra que la transmission du fr:paludisme des oiseaux se fait par un fr:moustique, fr:Prix Nobel de médecine 1902
In its background, this image depicts an opened pack of cigarettes with its side-panel health warning to would-be smokers stating some of the ill effects attributed to smoking, and in the foreground, a ruby-col More
This micrograph stained with chlorazol black, revealed an Entamoeba histolytica cyst. Several protozoan species in the genus Entamoeba infect humans, but not all of them are associated with disease. Entamoeba h More
Français : Stade et drapeau des JO d'Atlanta 1996 English: 1996 Atlanta Olympics--Olympic flag at track and field venue. Olympic Stadium. Crowd scene.
Français : Saut à la perche aux JO d'Atlanta 1996 English: 1996 Atlanta Olympics--track and field. Olympic Stadium. Crowd scene. Pole vault.
Français : Relais 4x400m aux JO d'Atlanta 1996 English: 1996 Atlanta Olympics--track and field, men's 4x400m relay. Olympic Stadium. Crowd scene.
A bar of dark chocolate