Discover
Discover Background Data and Resources:
-
Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.
-
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 .
-
This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.
-
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:
Skip timeline*Click for .
Collection Resources
-
Creator: Foeller, Megan E., Carolina Carvalho Ribeiro do Valle, Timothy M. Foeller, Olufemi T. Oladapo, Elin Roos, and Anna E. Thorson.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-06
Description: The outbreaks of Ebola virus between 2014 and 2020 have drawn attention to knowledge gaps related to Ebola virus disease in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate available data on pregnant and lactating women with acute… -
Creator: Koch, Till, Christine Dahlke, Anahita Fathi, Alexandra Kupke, Verena Krähling, Nisreen M. A. Okba, Sandro Halwe, Cornelius Rohde, Markus Eickmann, Asisa Volz, Thomas Hesterkamp, Alen Jambrecina, Saskia Borregaard, My L. Ly, Madeleine E. Zinser,…
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-20
Description: The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes a respiratory disease with a case fatality rate of up to 35%. -
Creator: Burki, Talha.
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04
Description: As the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo is ending, there are important lessons to be learnt. Talha Burki reports. -
Creator: Madad, Syra, Joshua Moskovitz, Matthew R. Boyce, Nicholas V. Cagliuso, and Rebecca Katz.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-16
Description: Over the past century, society has achieved great gains in medicine, public health, and health-care infrastructure, particularly in the areas of vaccines, antibiotics, sanitation, intensive care and medical technology. -
Creator: Guest, T., G. Tantam, N. Donlin, K. Tantam, H. McMillan, and A. Tillyard.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2009-10-09
Description: We assessed the impact of a United Kingdom government‐recommended triage process, designed to guide the decision to admit patients to intensive care during an influenza pandemic, on patients in a teaching hospital intensive care unit. -
Creator: Fink, Sheri L.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2010
Description: Demand for critical care resources could vastly outstrip supply in an influenza pandemic or other health emergency, which has led expert groups to propose altered standards for triage and resource allocation. -
Creator: Utley, Martin, Christina Pagel, Mark J. Peters, Andy Petros, and Paula Lister.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2011-01
Description: The 2009 H1N1 pandemic reinforced the need for a planned response to increased demand for critical care. -
Creator: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2006-03-31
Description: The VA Pandemic Influenza Plan has been created to guide VA in protecting staff and Veterans during a pandemic. It is part of VA emergency plans to help all parts of VA with preparation, response, and recovery stages of an influenza pandemic. -
Creator: Washington State Department of Health and Northwest Healthcare Response Network
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-11
Description: In the event of a large-scale disaster, either a no-notice event such as a natural disaster or a prolonged situation such as a pandemic, there is the potential for an overwhelming number of critically ill or injured patients. In these situations,… -
Creator: Public Health - Seattle & King County
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2009-09-29
Description: A severe influenza pandemic will have profound impact on the health care delivery system. Shortages of life-sustaining medical resources, including hospital beds, trained health care providers, intensive care unit resources, medical supplies,…
Was this resource helpful?