CDC PHIL Images From This Week

CDC PHIL Images From This Week

PHIL Images From This Week

0017899 11/06/2015 08:00 AM EDT This photograph was taken in the West African country of Guinea, during the regions rainy season, and depicts flooding along one of the city’s roadways during a rain shower. In this particular instance, the flood waters made the city street almost impassable. The image was captured during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, which not only affected Guinea, but northern Liberia, Sierra Leone,  and Nigeria as well.

0019416 11/05/2015 08:00 AM EDT Under a magnification of 158X, this photomicrograph of a heart tissue sample that had been processed using Warthin-Starry stain, revealed the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, which due to their  corkscrew shape, are known as spirochetes (arrowheads).

0011336 11/04/2015 08:00 AM EDT These three young children were playing outside in a backyard dirt pile, enjoying the fresh air, physical activity, and interacting as friends. Though it was inside a shady area, it is important to know that sunscreen  should be applied on any exposed skin, and children should wear clothing appropriate for this kind of outdoor play including sneakers, shirts, and long pants,  all of which protect them from splinters, abrasions, and in this case, soil contaminants and pathogens.

0006676 11/03/2015 08:00 AM EDT These are colonies of Escherichia coli bacteria grown on a Hektoen enteric (HE) agar plate medium; colonies of E. coli grown on HE agar display a raised morphology, and are yellow to orange-yellow in coloration.

0010068 11/02/2015 08:00 AM EDT Under a magnification of 6836x, this colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a number of Gram-negative Escherichia coli bacteria of the strain O157:H7, which is one of hundreds of strains of this bacterium. Although most strains are harmless, and live in the intestines of healthy humans and animals, this strain produces a powerful toxin, which can cause severe illness.