- Charles C. Shepard
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Dr. Charles C. Sheppard was a microbiologist, and former director of Centers for Disease Control’s Laboratory Division. It was through the diligent efforts of doctors Sheppard, and cohort microbiologist Joseph McDade, which lead to the 1977 discovery of the initially illusive bacterium Legionella pneumophila, the etiologic agent that causes ‘Legionnaires' disease’.[1][2]
Charles C. Shepard, M.D., was chief of the Leprosy and Rickettsia Branch at CDC for more than 30 years, until his death on February 18, 1985.
Each year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) present the Charles C. Shepard Science Awards to the authors of the most outstanding peer-reviewed research papers published by CDC/ATSDR scientists.
This article incorporates public domain text from the CDC website, under CDC PHIL image 10136.
References
- ^ "RSPH | Charles C. Shepard Award". Sph.emory.edu. http://www.sph.emory.edu/cms/about/shepard_award.html. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197712012972201
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