The Disease Detectives

Donald Minnich, technical supervisor for the manual testing section, oversees the influenza surveillance program at the Epidemiology Laboratory Service, also known as the �Epi Lab,� at the 711th Human Performance Wing�s United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and Public Health at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.The lab identifies and sequences the genome of influenza samples received from U.S. Air Force hospitals and clinics around the world, as well as other Department of Defense facilities. The data collected on active flu strains contributes about 25 percent of the total data used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to formulate its yearly influenza vaccine. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

PHOTO BY: J.M. EDDINS, JR.
VIRIN: 200413-F-LW859-9001.JPG
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NIKON D4

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70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8

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63/10

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1/25

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1600

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