Volume 12, Number 7—July 2006
Commentary
60 Years of Progress—CDC and Infectious Diseases
Tanja Popovic*
and Dixie E. Snider*
and Dixie E. Snider*
Figure 1
Figure 1. On January 14, 1977, the director of the Center for Disease Control's laboratory division, Charles C. Shepard, and microbiologist Joseph E. McDade isolated the agent that caused an outbreak of respiratory disease among members of the American Legion in July 1976. (Photo courtesy of Public Health Image Library, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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