Our images of the week is a gallery of H7N9 work at the CDC, tailored for those of you who are nerdy like us and therefore wonder how an emergent agent is dealt with in the lab. Cases of H7N9 in China are currently comparable to peak numbers following the agent’s emergence last Spring. Click on any image below to launch the gallery (all images credited to the CDC, including the one above).
“Revealing its contents, this opened freezer contained Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) prepackaged H7N9 reagent kits that were ready for international shipment.”
“This image depicts some of the contents included in the CDC’s H7N9 diagnostic test kit. The kit contains rRT-PCR reagents for use by laboratories to detect human infections with the H7N9 virus.”
“This image depicts some of the contents included in the CDC’s H7N9 diagnostic test kit. The kit contains rRT-PCR reagents for use by laboratories to detect human infections with the H7N9 virus.”
“Here, a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) scientist harvests H7N9 virus that has been grown for sharing with partner laboratories for research purposes.”
“This Centers for Disease Control (CDC) scientist was measuring the amount of H7N9 virus that has been grown and harvested in CDC’s laboratory.”
“This Centers for Disease Control (CDC) scientist was using a pipette to transfer H7N9 virus into vials for sharing with partner laboratories for public health research purposes.”
The Pandora Report 