nondescript“ moden
building on the suburban
_> campus of © “Emory.
University is a.toom con-
~ taining. the. ©. - Western
. Hepalsphere’s..~ only

" Feialinig sample of. the

deadly smallpox:virw.

_° Betas in tanks of liquid

nitrogen, the smallpox virus

is but one of thousands of

. Giseake samples, many.
deadly, that. ara kept’ on
~ hand for scientific research ,
af ‘the Centres for’ Disease
Control. © ’

“The Centres’ =~ plural . 81
ex a . neceasary in tracking down

’ because the facility 1s made
up of six units, each with a
distinct). function «  —

represent a major’ base in|

the fight against disease in’
. the. United States and the

world, Cs
Tt was here, for example,
that the: cause of ‘legion-

nalre’s disease was: first -

" Identified in 1976, and it is
here that “much. of the
research into 5 new Killer, .

. AIDS) —-- acquired © im-

a: “Pespons
deaths;

“ epidemiologists,

The-:symbol of — the.
Epidemic": Intelligence :.
Service it-a shoe with a hole’
. in the sole, I¢ is meant to’

symbolize all the footwork
clues“ about. diseases’ or
epidemics. /
. This team represents. the
elite of the centres, but only
a small part df the work

Atlanta:. There“: are

lologists,- entomologists,
toxicologists, veterinarians,

“We have a ‘strong: in

microb--

ar contin] ‘malaria “in
war-areas. The agency was

: located in Atlanta because
' malaria was then common
. ‘in the southeastern United
| States,

.; After the war, the agency
was” reorganized as -the:
: Cominunicable .
» Centre;’“ peveral ~ other
". reorganizations, expansions
_ and name changes followed
- over the years,

Now, the facility has six

' Disease

‘divisions, each with its own

“"aren. “of responsibility:

environmentally related

*. dineases, health promotion
“and  —s ediication, = =—co-

’ ordination of local and state

. ‘prevention programs across

‘the -° United . States,

“development of standards
Y ; _. for occupational safety and
done here and overseas. =|:
Thecentres employ about
4,000 :.people . worldwide, .
about half of them in

health, professional

development and training,
“and infectious diseases,

‘Involvement with the
tracking and identifying of

‘infectlous diseases has -
_ made the. centres. known
~ ataund the world. -

“Noble said that AIDS, for .
example, was first Iden- ...

often the two dozen or 50
legally reportable diseases

‘are showing up.

GETS TIPS *

informal. channels, and the’
céntres rely on tips sent in’

_by people who have elther
_ Worked here or who know ~.
something

neth! about
organization. .

tified after a health worker’;

in Los Angeles noticed ‘an well outside a living ‘cell
unusually high number ‘af’, environment, These viruses
. Immunodeficiency-related :

cased. . The |
Plephoned and
Epidemic |
Service began checking to. .

“the

_ see whether the pattern was

being repeated elsewhere.
It was. | ; .

_,. “People. have become

blage in the last decade that

_ Infectious diseases are a.
thing of the past,” said

_ i, Smallpox virus is stored.

. But information about-a <
- new:disease‘or epliemic ..
‘algo may, come. through ~

the ,

_,eell or frozen at minus 60
. degrees Celsius."
Intelligence.

. Ching viral diseases,

._ have’ something you could

to the building where the

He explained that ‘thls
enables a record to be kept
Of exactly who entered the
“building and ‘at what time,
NOT WORRIED. —

But Noble doesn't worry
About some deadly virus
getting loose —- he says

- enough precautions are [ie

_faken. ;
‘*Besides, even if one gets
aut, viruses don't survive

sean survive only in a living

Noble has heen with the
,centrea for almost 19 years,
much of that time resear-

, What about the cold
_vitus? Will there ever be a
cure for the common cold?
“T think it ls feasible to

The Herald, Tuesday, March 20, 1984, Page 11

social’... scientists and ~ Noble ‘said the centres

- minodeficiency syndrome cen
yom receive. some disease’ in-

‘Noble. “That’s not true... take to either “prevent
— Js belng co-ordinated. . Statisticians, among others.

The annual budget thisyear formation f " We've had AIDS came-upon “catching git when someonein §
f . Theann y' rmation from reporis on ~ ys, we" ’ efam . we .
he vente ns ‘eon. ', |5 $974 million, most which death certificates ‘tram a treme nnd teglonnaire’s the wcuee nae . This year, two musicians recelved the Knights of Columbus Scholarship
, 7 - Cities around the United . ‘Because people at the |. “But I’m skeptical about Worth $1000, at the Pacific Northwest Music Festival. Linda Fowle, of
_ States. The ‘centres: also entres ara - constantly. vaccines against the (Kitimat, and John Nelson of Prince Rupert recelve their award from
publish Mortality . and working with potentially \common cold because there Plerre Le Gal, Saturday evening at the Gala Performance In the REM
Morblilty. Weekly ‘Report, : harmful viruses and bac- are someny strains of virus Lee Theatre. Mr:.Le Gal Is the Deputy Grand Knight in the Knights of |
"which lists occurrences of teria. the area is big on: involved.” |, , Columbus Terrace chapter. a

junction with the World. comes from Congress.
Health Organization, also’ The Centres for Disease
“helped in the decade-long Control grew out of a'U.5.
bajtle that ended withthe government agency eet up -
eradication of imellpox, ‘uring the Second World.
from the world in WT?)
erailicated, that is, except ©. .
for'two samples, one here - _
andthe’ other in Moscow.”
_"A major part of the =.
CDC's role has been in in- -
ternational  — activities, .
primarily ‘to better serve
the: - ‘American ' people,”
Gary Noble, assistant
director for science at’ the. .
centres, said in an in-:-
terview. - eS

The centres' mandate, (9° = °°
Noble said, is to help U.S, -
state. heallh agencies in -
diagnosing ‘or, treating .
disease by - providing.
technology and a reference
service. But the
organization’s involvem- . oo
tnte-are many, and ithelps ~ °°
Canadian agencies on oc- —
casion. Sos,

In September: 1982 the _
centres were asked tohelp
determine why 38 babies in
thecardiac wardofthe Sick  .
Children’s Hospital in oe,
Toronto died in a’ fing”) FF RAM Ct eR > _

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