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Story of CDC : Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
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March 16, 2021
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Description:On display is a powerful microscope: the electron microscope. This microscope, the TEM 410 Philips model, was made in the Netherlands and used in CDC labs from 1985-2005. This transmission electron microscope was purchased by CDC in 1985 to study the AIDS virus and over the next 20 years, scientists used it repeatedly in the rapid identification of emerging pathogens including hantavirus, Nipah virus, and SARS coronavirus.
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