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  1. “Many Things Grow in The Garden That Were Never Sown There”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2109, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  2. Art of the Interwoven

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2025, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  3. The Oldest Art

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2025, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  4. Flying Firemen and Underwater Croquet

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2025, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  5. Rough Edges, Meticulous Attention

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  6. Not Everything Is as It First Appears

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  7. Following the Flood

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  8. Views Most Would Never See

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  9. In Memoriam: Thomas J. Gryczan (1949–2024)

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  10. The Tree of Life, Archetype and Artifice

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  11. Poet, Politician, Exile, and Probable Malaria Victim

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  12. A Looming Storm on the Horizon

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  13. Standing Ready to Respond

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  14. Art, Healing, and Carceral Health

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  15. The Spirit of Transportation in a Connected World

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  16. From Observing Little Animalcules to Detecting Fastidious Bacteria

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2024, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  17. Notice to Readers About the Cover

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  18. A Turbulent Cloud, a Viral Menace

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  19. “Living People Who Breathe and Feel and Suffer and Love”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  20. Unexpected Hazards, Unanticipated Risks

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  21. “On the Bat’s Back I Do Fly after Summer Merrily”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  22. “Unassisted by Education, and Unfettered by the Rules of Art”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  23. A Deadly Kiss

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  24. Specter of Epidemic Typhus

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  25. Emerging Pathogens Pose Inevitable Surprises

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  26. Up Close with Ticks

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  27. A Multiplicity of Perspectives

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  28. Flotsam of Never-Ending Respiratory Pathogens

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  29. Agile Thinking Slays the Chimaera

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  30. “A Great Synthesis of Labor, Light, and Movement”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  31. In Memoriam: Karen Foster (1955–2022)

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  32. Tapeworm Enigma

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  33. Durable Vitality and Magical Forms

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  34. A Dizzying, Complex Spectacle

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  35. Deadly, Dangerous, and Decorative Creatures

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  36. Bowing Out of Shaking Hands?

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  37. “It Is a Tiger That Devours Me, But I Am the Tiger”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  38. Yet Another Potential Age-Old Nonpharmaceutical Intervention

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  39. Revisiting the Island of Doctor Moreau

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  40. Considering Mycological Rarities

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  41. Special Wonders of the Canal

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  42. Fluid Motion and Frozen Time

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  43. Ancient Methods Deliver a Current Message

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  44. An Interesting and Horribly Wondrous Sight

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  45. Public Health Posters Take Aim against Bloodthirsty Ann

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  46. A Final Voyage Framed by Balance and Contrast

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  47. In Consideration of Our Mutual Relationship with Cats

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  48. “All Bookshelves Are Magical”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  49. The Curious Case of the Cephalopod Parasites

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  50. Intricacy, Symmetry, Diversity

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  51. Auspicious Symbols of Rank and Status

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  52. Different Angles, Changing Perspectives

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  53. Veiled Dangers in an Idyllic Setting

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  54. Hunters Searching among Starry Nights and at the Edges of Life

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  55. A Fanciful Juxtaposition, a Reimagined Farm

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  56. A Study in Stillness and Symmetry

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  57. Beatrix Potter, Author, Naturalist, Mycologist

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  58. The Power of First Steps

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  59. Difficult Places, Unexpected Discoveries

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  60. The Red Boy, the Black Cat

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  61. Consequences of Failing to Investigate

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  62. Finesse and Fire, Creativity and Combustion

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  63. Malaria Elimination―Not Just a Bunch of Hocus-Pocus

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  64. Repurpose and Reuse: Artistic Perspectives on Antimicrobial Resistance

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  65. An Icy Vista from a Golden Age

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  66. Concurrent Conflicts—the Great War and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  67. Tropical Sunset Blues

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  68. A Worm’s Eye View

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  69. A Masterwork of Art, a Metaphor for Prevention

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  70. A Tale of Two Kitchens, Meals and Microbes

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  71. Revealing Details in Light and Shadows

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  72. “No Water, No Life. No Blue, No Green”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  73. Commemorating Misadventures, Celebrating Collaborations

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  74. Unseen Faces, Lingering Storylines

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  75. “Everything within a Circle Is One Thing”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  76. Visions of Matchstick Men and Icons of Industrialization

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  77. Chaos in Form and Color Yields to Harmony

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  78. Hidden Dangers from the Hunt

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  79. Hematophagous Endeavors, Fact and Fancy

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  80. Elaborate Details, Hidden Surprises

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  81. “Unexplored Continents and Great Stretches of Unknown Territory”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  82. Naïve Arrogance and Vulnerability

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  83. The Exploding Aliveness of the World

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  84. Stillness, Light, and Distance

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  85. Extrapolation Yields Painting, Probability, and Predictions

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  86. A Simple Sketch Symbolizing Self-Reliance

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  87. The New Incurable Wound

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  88. “I Am a Son of the Red Earth”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  89. An Immortal Hero, an Enduring Challenge

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  90. Perspective and Surprise in the Floating World

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  91. Inspiration and Insecticide from the Flower Garden

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  92. From Farm to Fable

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  93. Depictions of Heroism in Battle and Anguish from Tuberculosis

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  94. Responding to Ebola through Visual Poetry

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  95. Flatboats, Travelers, Infectious Diseases, and Other River Thoughts

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  96. Anthropomorphism to Zoonoses: Two Inevitable Consequences of Human–Animal Relationships

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  97. Celebrating the Fabric of Commonplace Society

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  98. Don’t Lay Your Eggs All in One Basket: Brood Parasitism as a Survival Strategy

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  99. Ceaseless Experimentation Sparks Fireworks, Art, and Science

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  100. Beyond First Impressions

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  101. Portrait of the Coveted Cinchona

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  102. Light, Reflection, Illumination

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  103. The Mosquito—a Cog in the Ideal Nature Machine

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  104. “Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach”

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  105. Delicacy and Durability: The Microbiological Sublime

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  106. Variation Is the Exploration of Possibilities

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  107. A Fragile Dignity Despite Their Rags and Tatters

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  108. The Art of Intertwining Life and Work

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  109. Musings on Sketches, Artists, and Mosquito Nets

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  110. After the Resistance: The Alamo Today

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove

  111. Quiet Moment around the Campfire

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Byron Breedlove