ID#: 27443
Caption:
This photograph depicts Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer, Julia Petras (EIS Class of 2021), LLS Fellow, Maureen Ty (LLS Class of 2021), and an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff member, all pointing at a raccoon carcass they had excavated in Texas, prior to performing a field necropsy, as part of a multi-state aromatherapy spray-associated melioidosis outbreak investigation (epi-aid). Swabs from the raccoon later tested positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis.
High Resolution: Click here for hi-resolution image (24.53 MB)
Content Provider(s): CDC/ Heidi Threadgill Honza, Chief Epidemiologist, Texas Department of State Health Services
Creation Date: 2022
Photo Credit: Heidi Threadgill Honza, Chief Epidemiologist, Texas Department of State Health Services
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