# National Center for Infectious Diseases

> former CDC center

**Wikidata**: [Q30282068](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30282068)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/national-center-for-infectious-diseases

## Summary
The National Center for Infectious Diseases was a research center within the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that operated from 1992 until its dissolution in 2007. It was a CDC facility and research institute based in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on infectious-disease work as indicated by its name and organizational placement.

## Key Facts
- The National Center for Infectious Diseases was established (inception) in 1992.  
- The center was dissolved, abolished, or demolished in 2007.  
- It was a component organization of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  
- The center was located in Atlanta, Georgia; coordinates: latitude 33.79934, longitude -84.328019.  
- Classified as both a facility and a research institute.  
- Country: United States.  
- Official website (listed): http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod (English).  
- Common aliases include NCID, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and NCEZID.  
- Identifiers: ISNI 0000000121674520; GRID grid.419261.9; ROR 04vmke174; VIAF 138051050; Ringgold 164366; Library of Congress authority nr91042418.  
- Open Funder Registry funder ID: 100006088.

## FAQs
### Q: What was the National Center for Infectious Diseases?
A: It was a CDC center and research institute focused on infectious diseases, operating as a facility within the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The entity is described as a former CDC center.

### Q: When was the National Center for Infectious Diseases active?
A: The center was founded (inception) in 1992 and is recorded as dissolved or abolished in 2007.

### Q: Where was the National Center for Infectious Diseases located?
A: The center was located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, at approximately latitude 33.79934 and longitude -84.328019.

## Why It Matters
The National Center for Infectious Diseases represented a dedicated CDC facility and research institute focused on infectious-disease work, housed within the nation’s principal federal public health agency. As an organizational component of the CDC, the center contributed to the agency’s research infrastructure by centralizing expertise, facilities, and institutional identifiers that supported infectious-disease science and public-health functions. Its existence from 1992 to 2007 marks a defined period in the CDC’s organizational history during which infectious-disease research and related activities were structured under this center designation. The center’s presence in Atlanta placed it at the geographic and administrative hub of the CDC, allowing coordination with other CDC units. Even after its dissolution in 2007, the center’s records, web presence (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod), and numerous institutional identifiers (ISNI, GRID, ROR, VIAF, Ringgold, Library of Congress) preserve its traceable role in the public-health research landscape and enable historical, bibliographic, and organizational continuity for researchers and institutions referencing its work.

## Notable For
- Being an organizational component of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  
- Operating as both a physical facility and a formally identified research institute from 1992 to 2007.  
- Holding multiple standardized institutional identifiers (ISNI, GRID, ROR, VIAF, Ringgold, Library of Congress).  
- Maintaining an official web presence under the CDC domain (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod).  
- Location in Atlanta, the central site of CDC operations and related public-health infrastructure.

## Body

### Overview
- Name: National Center for Infectious Diseases.  
- Description (from records): former CDC center.  
- Instances: recorded as a facility and as a research institute.

### Timeline
- Inception year: 1992.  
- Dissolved/abolished/demolished date: 2007 (per archived CDC web record).

### Organizational placement
- Parent organization: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  
- Country of operation: United States.

### Location and coordinates
- City: Atlanta.  
- Coordinates: latitude 33.79934, longitude -84.328019.  
- GRID location identifier: grid.419261.9.

### Classification and purpose
- Classified as: facility; research institute (organization whose primary purpose is research).  
- Common aliases recorded: NCID; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; NCEZID.

### Online presence and records
- Website listed: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod (language qualifier: English).  
- Archived web reference indicates active presence prior to or through 2007.

### Identifiers and registry entries
- ISNI: 0000000121674520.  
- GRID ID: grid.419261.9.  
- ROR ID: 04vmke174.  
- VIAF ID: 138051050.  
- Ringgold ID: 164366.  
- Library of Congress authority ID: nr91042418.  
- National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987011257534505171.  
- Yale LUX group ID: group/49fa241e-2f2a-4010-a3a9-08eff69a582e.  
- Open Funder Registry funder ID: 100006088.

### Bibliographic and reference notes
- Several identifiers and dates are supported by archival and registry references (e.g., archived CDC pages and registry entries).  
- The entity is documented in institutional registries used for bibliographic, grant, and organizational tracking.

## References

1. GRID Release 2017-05-22
2. Open Funder Registry
3. Virtual International Authority File
4. [Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20070630171451/http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/)
5. Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions
6. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File