ID#: 22479
Caption:
Entitled, “NCZVED Studies Plague”, this image was captured by CDC Microbiologist, Brook Yockey with DVBID, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, Colorado. The photo, created in 2004, showed a woman outside her home, in a village in Madagascar, telling stories of how bubonic plague had affected her village throughout her life. The National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED), Bacterial Disease Branch, was conducting a clinical trial comparing streptomycin to gentamicin, for the treatment of human plague. This photo earned Brook a tie for the Third Place award in the 2008 CDC Connects Annual Public Health in Action Photo Contest, in the category of People-International.
High Resolution: Click here for hi-resolution image (6.06 MB)
Content Provider(s): CDC/ CDC Connects
Creation Date: 2004
Photo Credit: Brook Yockey
Links:
Categories:
CDC Organization
Skip Navigation Links.

MeSH
Skip Navigation Links.
Copyright Restrictions: Permission is not required for public domain images, however, these images are provided by CDC and are available for personal, professional, and educational use with appropriate attribution. Redistribution must credit CDC and, where known, the individual photographer, and identify the CDC website as the free source. For additional terms see Use of Agency Materials | Other | CDC