Georgia victim latest to die of rare tropical disease

The unidentified person, who died last month in Georgia, was the fourth U.S. case this year of melioidosis caused by a bacteria that lives in soil and water, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. (James Gathany file photo) James Gathany Captured by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control's biomedical photographer, this 2006 image depicted the exterior of the new "Tom Harkin Global Communications Center", otherwise known as Building 19, located on the organization's Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility houses the CDC's Information Center/Library, auditoria and meeting halls, which are used to accommodate in-house staff meetings, and national/international conferences hosted by the CDC, and the National Center for Health Marketing's, Division of Creative Services, which includes a full service television broadcast facility. The exhibit area currently features the <i>"Global Symphony"</i>, the first of several permanently installed exhibitions, and changing exhibitions that focus on a variety of public health topics. The exhibits in the Center are self-guided, and require no advance reservations. Additional curriculum-based exhibits and programming will be added in the future.<p><u>Tom Harkin Global Communications Center Exhibit Area Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</u><p>- 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30333<p>- Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm, except for federal holidays Admission is free<p>- Government-issue photo ID is required for entry. Please note that CDC is a working federal facility and as such does not provide public tours of its campus and laboratories.<p>- For more information please call 404-639-0830.