Public Health technician bugs out to break the chain of infection

Airman 1st Class Ziaire Buchanan, 4th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron public health technician, looks through a microscope at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, April 29, 2021. Buchanan used the microscope to identify the gender of the mosquitoes he caught. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Public Health technician bugs out to break the chain of infection

A male mosquito lays under a microscope in the Public Heath lab at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, April 29, 2021. Male mosquitos have bushy, hairy antennae, while the antennae of females are much less hairy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Public Health technician bugs out to break the chain of infection

Airman 1st Class Ziaire Buchanan, 4th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron public health technician, uses tweezers to pick up a mosquito at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, April 29, 2021. Buchanan used tweezers to place the mosquito under a microscope for observation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Public Health technician bugs out to break the chain of infection

Airman 1st Class Ziaire Buchanan, 4th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron public health technician, places a cooler of dry ice in a tree above a mosquito trap at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, April 27, 2021. As dry ice melts, it turns into carbon dioxide gas, which alerts mosquitoes that a potential host is nearby. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Public Health technician bugs out to break the chain of infection

Airman 1st Class Ziaire Buchanan, 4th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron public health technician, sets out a Center for Disease Control light trap for vector surveillance at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, April 29, 2021. Buchanan catches mosquitoes, separates them by gender and then sends them to the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Public Health technician bugs out to break the chain of infection

Published May 3, 2021
By Airman 1st Class Kimberly Barrera

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Airman 1st Class Ziaire Buchanan, 4th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron public health technician, looks through a microscope at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, April 29, 2021. Buchanan used the microscope to identify the gender of the mosquitoes he caught. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly Barrera)