Charles C. Shepard
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Charles C. Shepard
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Charles C. Shepard was a microbiologist, and former director of the Centers for Disease Control’s Laboratory Division. It was the diligent efforts of Shepard, and cohort microbiologist Joseph McDade, which led to the 1977 discovery of the initially elusive bacterium Legionella pneumophila, the etiologic agent that causes ‘Legionnaires' disease’. In 1963, he was presented with the Gorgas Medal from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS). Shepard was chief of the Leprosy
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American microbiologist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_C._Shepard
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2023-04-02T03:36:39Z
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