▁the ▁National ▁Reference ▁Centre ▁for ▁Par as it ology ▁in ▁Montreal ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁Labor atory ▁L ia ison ▁Techn ical ▁Officer ▁in ▁most ▁provincial ▁l abs . ▁ ▁Work force ▁▁ ▁N ML ▁emp lo ys ▁scient ists ▁( MD , ▁Ph D , ▁and ▁D VM ), ▁bi olog ists , ▁and ▁labor atory ▁techn icians , ▁but ▁it ▁also ▁includes ▁inform at ics ▁special ists , ▁b ios af ety ▁exper ts , ▁special ized ▁operations ▁and ▁maintenance ▁staff , ▁and ▁administrative ▁staff , ▁among ▁others . ▁In ▁total , ▁there ▁are ▁approximately ▁ 6 0 0 ▁staff ▁members ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁Ac com pl ish ments ▁▁ ▁N ML ▁is ▁ren owned ▁ ▁for ▁its ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁broad ▁spectrum ▁of ▁inf ect ious ▁dise ases ▁from ▁season al ▁influen za ▁to ▁E bol a ▁and ▁its ▁accomplish ments ▁are ▁too ▁many ▁to ▁detail . ▁ ▁Some ▁recent ▁examples ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁done ▁by ▁N ML ▁include ▁their ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁West ▁African ▁E bol a ▁out break . ▁For ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁about ▁ 1 8 ▁months , ▁teams ▁from ▁N ML ▁travel led ▁to ▁West ▁Africa ▁to ▁aid ▁in ▁the ▁di agnostics ▁during ▁the ▁out break . ▁They ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁the ▁World ▁Health ▁Organ ization ▁and ▁Mé dec ins ▁sans ▁front ières ▁to ▁ensure ▁people ▁were ▁properly ▁diagn osed ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁properly ▁c ared ▁for ▁and ▁isolated ▁from ▁others ▁to ▁stop ▁the ▁spread