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Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.
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Find out more about the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the development of the ASPR/CDC-supported network of healthcare facilities preparing for the next outbreak through .
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This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.
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Explore the files BELOW THE TIMELINE to discover and learn more about Ebola and other Special Pathogens, an overview of special pathogens, clinically managing patients affected, and readying healthcare teams and systems to keep everyone safe.
Timeline of Special Pathogens:
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Collection Resources
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Creator: Akalin, Enver, Yorg Azzi, Rachel Bartash, Harish Seethamraju, Michael Parides, Vagish Hemmige, Michael Ross, Stefanie Forest, Yitz D. Goldstein, Maria Ajaimy, Luz Liriano-Ward, Cindy Pynadath, Pablo Loarte-Campos, Purna B. Nandigam, Jay Graham, Marie…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-24
Description: Kidney-transplant recipients appear to be at particularly high risk for critical Covid-19 illness due to chronic immunosuppression and coexisting conditions. -
Creator: Peters, Alexander W., Kashmira S. Chawla, and Zachary A. Turnbull.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-24
Description: Treating patients in New York City, the global epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic — where there have been more than 15,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19 to date (www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page. opens in new tab) — has required…Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.
Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Vaduganathan, Muthiah, Orly Vardeny, Thomas Michel, John J. V. McMurray, Marc A. Pfeffer, and Scott D. Solomon.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-23
Description: The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) is an elegant cascade of vasoactive peptides that orchestrate key processes in human physiology. -
Creator: Zhang, Yan, Meng Xiao, Shulan Zhang, Peng Xia, Wei Cao, Wei Jiang, Huan Chen, Xin Ding, Hua Zhao, Hongmin Zhang, Chunyao Wang, Jing Zhao, Xuefeng Sun, Ran Tian, Wei Wu, Dong Wu, Jie Ma, Yu Chen, Dong Zhang, Jing Xie, Xiaowei Yan, Xiang Zhou, Zhengyin…
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-23
Description: Describing a patient with Covid-19 and clinically significant coagulopathy, antiphospholipid antibodies, and multiple infarcts. He was one of three patients with these findings in an intensive care unit designated for patients with Covid-19. -
Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2020-04
Description: UNMC Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources Page -
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Creator: Yong, Sarah Ee Fang, Danielle Elizabeth Anderson, Wycliffe E. Wei, Junxiong Pang, Wan Ni Chia, Chee Wah Tan, Yee Leong Teoh, Priyanka Rajendram, Matthias Paul Han Sim Toh, Cuiqin Poh, Valerie T. J. Koh, Joshua Lum, Nur-Afidah Md Suhaimi, Po Ying…
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-21
Description: Elucidation of the chain of disease transmission and identification of the source of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections are crucial for effective disease containment. -
Creator: Winter, Amy K., and Sonia T. Hegde.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-21
Description: As of April 14, 2020, just under 2 million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported worldwide. -
Creator: Valette, Xavier, Damien du Cheyron, and Suzanne Goursaud.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-21
Description: CT has a leading place in the management of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mediastinal lymph node enlargement is not considered a typical CT feature of COVID-19, and only 6% of patients admitted to hospital for COVID-19 had… -
Creator: Zhang, Jiao, Shoucai Wu, and Lingzhong Xu.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-21
Description: Following a containment phase of two months, China has transitioned to the mitigation phase. However, China still faces the risk of COVID-19 spreading due to not only to sporadic new cases and imported cases but also asymptomatic carriers.
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