Story of CDC : Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

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Story of CDC : Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

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March 16, 2021
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). David J. Sencer CDC Museum.
Series: Story of CDC

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). David J. Sencer CDC Museum.
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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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Story of CDC
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Exhibition
Place as Subject:

United States
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North America
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105125/cdc_105125_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 467.10 KB]
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David J. Sencer CDC Museum
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