Center for Disease Control (CDC) microbiologist, and Special Pathogens Branch staff member, Dr. Thomas Stevens, Jr. peers out through an air-tight portal from inside the organizations Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory decontamination shower. The shower leads into the changing room, were laboratorians can disrobe and safely removing their air-tight suits.The Special Pathogens Branch's (SPB) charter is the study of highly infectious viruses, many of them causing hemorrhagic manifestations in h