Col. Mike Peeler, 436th Operations Group commander
Col. Mike Peeler, 436th Operations Group commander and former battle staff director, leads and organizes the base's COVID-19 crisis response team, the Battle Staff, while teleworking from his home office April ... More
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, teaches Airman 1st Class Kaleigh O’Hara, 436th Comptroller Squadron budget analyst, proper M9 sight alignment May 13, 202... More
Gail Reed-Attoh, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault
Gail Reed-Attoh, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, and Wilbert Roberson, 436th AW Sexual Assault Prevention and Response victim advocate, review program reporting procedures May 29, 2020, ... More
A Transport Isolation System unit used to transport
A Transport Isolation System unit used to transport COVID-19 patients is positioned on a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Two TIS units are located at Dover, which serves ... More
Lt. Col. James Wall, 436th Airlift Wing inspector general
Lt. Col. James Wall, 436th Airlift Wing inspector general and current battle staff director, teleworks from his house using government equipment April 28, 2020, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Wall, the batt... More
Master Sgt. Jeremy Stupperich, 436th Airlift Wing command
Master Sgt. Jeremy Stupperich, 436th Airlift Wing command post senior emergency actions controller, looks at a target through the M9 sight during Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class May 13, 2020, at Dove... More
Gail Reed-Attoh, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault
Gail Reed-Attoh, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, works at her desk, May 29, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Reed-Attoh and two alternate SARCs are available 24/7 to support sexu... More
Capt. Travis Parrot, 3rd Airlift Squadron pilot and
Capt. Travis Parrot, 3rd Airlift Squadron pilot and stage representative, talks with Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, AF/SG chief of medical operatio... More
Battle Staff facilitator Master Sgt. Jeremy Gerberick,
Battle Staff facilitator Master Sgt. Jeremy Gerberick, 436th Airlift Wing plans and programs superintendent, sets up slides in the alternate Installation Control Center a for weekly teleconference between the w... More
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, watches Senior Master Sgt. Warrell Shanklin, 436th Comptroller Squadron superintendent, load her M9 clip during Combat Ar... More
Gail Reed-Attoh, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault
Gail Reed-Attoh, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, works at her desk, May 29, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Reed-Attoh and two alternate SARCs are available 24/7 to support sexu... More
Capt. Travis Parrot, 3rd Airlifter Squadron pilot and
Capt. Travis Parrot, 3rd Airlifter Squadron pilot and stage representative, escorts Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, onto a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, De... More
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, sanitizes shooting stations after an M9 Combat Arms Training and Maintenance qualification course May 13, 2020, at Dover ... More
Wilbert Roberson, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault
Wilbert Roberson, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program victim advocate, poses for a photo in his office, May 29, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Roberson is the wing’s full... More
From the left, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force
From the left, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, AF/SG chief of medical operations, talk with Senior Master Sgt. Michael Malone, 36th Aeromedical Evac... More
On the left, Staff Sgt. Adrianna Hernandez, 436th Airlift
On the left, Staff Sgt. Adrianna Hernandez, 436th Airlift Wing equal opportunity advisor, and Airman 1st Class Kaleigh O’Hara, 436th Comptroller Squadron budget analyst, clean their M9 weapons after qualifying ... More
Wilbert Roberson, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault
Wilbert Roberson, 436th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program victim advocate, works at his desk reviewing case files May 29, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The SAPR program prov... More
From the left, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force
From the left, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, AF/SG chief of medical operations, talk with Senior Master Sgt. Michael Malone, 36th Aeromedical Evac... More
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, sanitizes classroom desktops and equipment after an M9 Combat Arms Training and Maintenance qualification course May 13, ... More
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general,
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, speaks with a 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight aircrew member June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Dover serves as the U.S. Ea... More
Tech. Sgt. Don McGhee, 436th Security Forces Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Don McGhee, 436th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, watches Senior Master Sgt. Warrell Shanklin, 436th Comptroller Squadron superintendent, assemble her M4 during Combat Arms Training ... More
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general,
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, talks with Transport Isolation System support team members June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Dover serves as the U.S. East Coast hub for th... More
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces
Staff Sgt. Jose Bracero-Camareno, 436th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, instructs students on the M4 target alignment May 13, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Team Dover members receive... More
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general,
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, AF/SG chief of medical operations, pose for a photo on the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26, 2020, at Dover A... More
Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, U.S. Air Force surgeon
Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, U.S. Air Force surgeon general chief of medical operations, was a guest speaker for a podcast from Dover’s Bedrock Innovation Lab, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Dela... More
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general,
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, was a guest speaker for a podcast from Dover’s Bedrock Innovation Lab, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Hogg talked to podcast listeners a... More
From the left, Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, U.S.
From the left, Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, U.S. Air Force surgeon general chief of medical operations, and Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, were guests for a podcast from Dover’s Be... More
Data tape storage room, NCHS
Data tape storage room in National Center for Health Statistics.
HIV-budding-Color cropped
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
HIV-budding-Color - A close up of a cell with green dots on it
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
ELISA test for HIV - A woman in a lab coat holding a knife
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
Pneumococcus CDC PHIL ID1003
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
Pseudomonas, Catalonia, Spain
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
CDC-10046-MRSA - A close up of a bunch of yellow and green flowers
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
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 10047
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
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 10048
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
Influenza virus particle color
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
Dr Charles C Shepard - A black and white photo of a man sitting at a d...
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
Lung tissue during legionellosis
Русский: На данной микроскопической картине представлена ткань легкого человека, больного легионеллезной пневмонией. Окраска гематоксилин-эозином. Legionella pneumophila грам-отрицательные, видны в виде красных... More
Lung tissue during legionellosis
Русский: На данной микроскопической картине представлена ткань легкого человека, больного легионеллезной пневмонией. Окраска гематоксилин-эозином. Legionella pneumophila грам-отрицательные, видны в виде красных... More
Exam clinique - gorge - CDC 10189
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
Rubella virus 10221 lores
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
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus - A black and white photo of a cell
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
Phlebotomus pappatasi bloodmeal finished
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
Phlebotomus pappatasi bloodmeal begin
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
Phlebotomus pappatasi bloodmeal continue2
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
Bordetella bronchiseptica 02
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.
Female smallpox patient -- late-stage confluent maculopapular scarring
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.
1969 Upper Volta b
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 01
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
Streptococcus Mutans - A close up of a blood stain on a pink surface
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 sp 01
Lactobacillus organisms and vaginal squamous epithelial cell. Bacteria appeared as gram-positive rods among squamous epithelial cells and neutrophils in this vaginal smear.
10523 Aspergillus fumigatus
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 01 - A close up of a piece of food on a table
Bacillus coagulans. Gram stain. Public domain photograph of stained glass window, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bacillus Cereus - A group of small red objects on a pink surface
Bacillus cereus. Leifson flagella stain. Español: Las flagelas de Bacillus cereus, uno de sus factores de virulencia.
Clostridium septicum - A person standing under a tree with a red sky i...
Clostridium septicum cultures
CDC microbiologist demonstrating how to candle an embryonated chicken ...
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 - A micrograph of a blue worm on a red background
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.
Pregnant woman eating - A woman holding a plate of fruit in front of h...
Nutrition in pregnancy. Pregnant woman eating strawberries, grapes, orange slices, and apple.
Alexander Langmuir - A black and white photo of a man in a suit and ti...
Dr. Alexander Langmuir, US-american epidemiologist. Deutsch: Dr. Alexander Langmuir, US-amerikanischer Epidemiologe.
Mycobacterium fortuitum
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
United States National Library of Medicine 1999
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
Legionella pneumophila (SEM) 2
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
Legionella pneumophila (SEM)
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
Staphylococcus aureus VISA 2
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
Staphylococcus aureus VISA
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
Hartmannella vermiformis
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
B00526-Swine-flu
Negative stain EM image of the swine influenza A/CA/4/09
CDC-11214-swine-flu - A close up of a bunch of brown and white germs
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.
CDC-11215-swine-flu - A close up of a green substance on a purple surf...
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.
Public Domain Images - Gorman and Feeley
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
PHS Quarentine Station NOLA 1957 Louisiana
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
St Roch Cem Flowers 1979 Louisiana
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
United States National Library of Medicine-Old location
Old location of National Library of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Public Service Hospital NOLA 1957 Louisiana
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
Sin Nombre hanta virus TEM PHIL 1136 lores
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
Flea Scanning Electron Micrograph False Color
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
Giardia muris trophozoite SEM 11643
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
Blood agar and bicarbonate agar plate cultures of Bacillus cereus. Negative encapsulation test. Rough colonies of Bacillus cereus on both blood and bicarbonate agars.
CDC 11739 Cimex lectularius SEM
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
African dwarf frog cutted
Nederlands: cutted and cropped version of File:African dwarf frog.jpg, edited by B kimmel
African dwarf frog - A frog sitting on top of a green plant
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
Acanthamoeba polyphaga PHIL11892
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
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
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
Seisme mexico - A large pile of rubble sitting on the side of a road
Aftermath of Earthquake, Mexico City. Français : Ruines d'un séisme à Mexico
HIV-budding - A black and white photo of a cell phone
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
Paracoccidioidomycosis lesions
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
Diphallia - A close up of a person's hands on a mans stomach
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
Oral thrush Aphthae Candida albicans. PHIL 1217 lores
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 - A close up of a red substance in a petri dish
Burkholderia mallei colonies on sheep's blood agar
Country boats on the Meghna River
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
Overcrowded ferry boat on Meghna River, Bangladesh
"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
Yersinia pestis HHS - A petri dish with a lot of small bubbles on it
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 PHIL-stained
Alcaligenes faecalis. Flagella stain.
Partial Deletion of Short Arms of 5
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
CDC12537 - A close up of a piece of tissue
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
Ochlerotatus triseriatus CDC12552
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
Enlarged view of an Aedes triseriatus mosquito larva
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
Actinobacillus lignieresi. Gram stain. Public domain photograph of micro organism, microscopy, biology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description