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Scanning electron micrograph of Leptospira interrogans strain RGA.

Two spirochetes bound to a 0.2 µm filter. Strain RGA was isolated in 1915 by Uhlenhuth and Fromme from the blood of a soldier in Belgium.

Obtained from the CDC Public Health Image Library.

Image credit: CDC/NCID/HIP/Janice Carr (PHIL #1220).