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    Bubonic plague bacteria on part of the digestive system in a rat flea
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    Bubonic plague bacteria on part of the digestive system in a rat flea

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    Here, bubonic plague bacteria (yellow) are shown in the digestive system of a rat flea (purple). The bubonic plague killed a third of Europeans in the mid-14th century. Today, it is still active in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, with as many as 2,000 people infected worldwide each year. If caught early, bubonic plague can be treated with antibiotics.

    This image was part of the Life: Magnified exhibit that ran from June 3, 2014, to January 21, 2015, at Dulles International Airport.
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    Internal NoteA 120 MB version, with the dimensions of 48 by 40 inches at 125 dpi, is available in the Dulles exhibit folder in the OCPL shared drive. A smaller 35 MB version is now inactive image file ID 3642. Alisa Machalek obtained this and other NIAID images from Anita Mora and Elizabeth Fischer of Rocky Mt. NIAID. She cc'ed NIAID PIOs Ken Pekoc and Julie Marquardt.
    KeywordsLife Magnified, 3d, colorful
    SourceNIAID
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    Credit LineB. Joseph Hinnebusch, Elizabeth Fischer, and Austin Athman, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
    InvestigatorB. Joseph Hinnebusch, Elizabeth Fischer and Austin Athman, NIAID
    Record TypePhotograph
    Topic Area(s);#Cells;#Injury and Illness;#
    Previous UsesDulles 2014
    StatusActive

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