20240903-syphilis.jpg

Several spirals distributed across a burgundy background. One spiral is enlarged within a box embedded in the image.

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2024

Title

Electron micrograph imagery of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis, including a foreground close-up of a single particle (right). Spiral-shaped bacteria are colorized in gold.

Caption

Electron micrograph imagery of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis, including a foreground close-up of a single particle (right). Spiral-shaped bacteria are colorized in gold.

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NIAID

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Several spirals distributed across a burgundy background. One spiral is enlarged within a box embedded in the image.
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News Releases

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Several spirals distributed across a burgundy background. One spiral is enlarged within a box embedded in the image.