Historical Photos Archives - Page 2 of 2

Africa Stock Photos: These Nigerian refugees are shown waiting for food rations at a relief camp in Port Harcourt, Nigeria during the Nigerian-Biafran civil war.

In 1967, the CDC was asked to assist the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in disease control and death prevention efforts during the Nigerian-Biafran war. A large number of relief camps were established for nutrition assessment and feeding operations for the local villagers around the war zone.

Keywords: Africa, Africans, Nigerian-Biafran civil war, refugees, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Africa Stock Photos: This nomadic Tuareg girl is receiving a smallpox vaccination in this 1967 photograph shot in Mali, West Africa.

The world’s last case of smallpox was documented as having occurred in Africa in 1977. In 1979, the WHO declared the global eradication of smallpox due to a worldwide vaccination campaign. The WHO then recommended that all countries cease vaccination.

Keywords: Africa, Africans, Smallpox, nomadic Tuareg girl

Africa Stock Photos: Photograph made during Smallpox Eradication and Measles Control Program in Niger, W. Africa, February, 1969.

In 1979, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global eradication of smallpox, and recommended that all countries cease vaccination.

Keywords: Africa, Africans, Niger, Vaccination, Smallpox

Africa Stock Photos: Smallpox vaccination of a West African child during the West Africa Smallpox Eradication and Measle Control Program.

The child is being vaccinated in both arms using a Hypospray Jet Gun. In 1979, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global eradication of smallpox, and recommended that all countries cease vaccination.

Keywords: Africa, Africans, Smallpox, smallpox and measles eradication

Rural Stock Photos – The Winkler School near Newman, IL in east central Illinois. My grandfather and his siblings attended this school when they were children. It was just a 1/2 mile walk south of their farm.

keywords: school, 1800s America, rural America, education, old time America, Americana

Stock Photo ID# BT92

Boxes of Swine Flu Vaccines (archive photo)

1970s photo of stored boxes of swine influenza vaccine in a warehouse.

Ms. Beverly Lawrence, former Administrative Assistant in the Respiratory Virus Infections Unit at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was shown here in this 1968 photograph handling test tubes containing frozen throat swab specimens that were to be tested for influenza.

Because the symptoms of influenza can be similar to those caused by other infectious agents, the disease can be difficult to diagnose based on clinical symptoms alone. A number of tests can help in the diagnosis of influenza, but testing does not need to be done for all patients. During an outbreak of respiratory illness, testing for influenza can help determine if influenza is the cause of the outbreak.

This Centers for Disease Control microbiologist was shown here delivering tissue culture specimens into a microtiter plate using an instrument know as a pipetter. The culture samples were to be tested for the presence of the influenza virus.

The presence or absence of influenza virus would be determined by using an agglutination test. If it involved the agglutination, or clumping of red blood cells (RBCs), the phenomenon is known as hemoagglutination.

Diagnostic tests available for influenza include viral culture, serology, rapid antigen testing, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and immunofluorescence assays. Sensitivity and specificity of any test for influenza might vary by the laboratory that performs the test, the type of test used, and the type of specimen tested. Among respiratory specimens for viral isolation or rapid detection, nasopharyngeal specimens are typically more effective than throat swab specimens. As with any diagnostic test, results should be evaluated in the context of other clinical and epidemiologic information available to health-care providers.

Historical Photos

Nigerian Refugees in 1967

Girl in Mali, West Africa

Photograph made during Smallpox Eradication and Measles Control Program in Niger, W. Africa

Smallpox vaccination of a West African child

One Room School House in Rural Illinois

Boxes of Swine Flu Vaccines (archive photo)

1960s Nurse Handling Test Tubes

Researcher Using a Pipetter