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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: McBryde, Emma.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-11
Description: The world is braced for a public health emergency of international concern caused by a novel emerging infectious disease, a coronavirus with similarities to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). -
Creator: Kucharski, Adam J., Timothy W. Russell, Charlie Diamond, Yang Liu, John Edmunds, Sebastian Funk, Rosalind M. Eggo, Fiona Sun, Mark Jit, James D. Munday, Nicholas Davies, Amy Gimma, Kevin van Zandvoort, Hamish Gibbs, Joel Hellewell, Christopher I.…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-11
Description: An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to 95 333 confirmed cases as of March 5, 2020.This article had a response and author's response:Xiong, Nian, Tao Wang, and Zhicheng Lin. 2020. "Invisible spread of… -
Creator: Rothe, Camilla, Mirjam Schunk, Peter Sothmann, Gisela Bretzel, Guenter Froeschl, Claudia Wallrauch, Thorbjörn Zimmer, Verena Thiel, Christian Janke, Wolfgang Guggemos, Michael Seilmaier, Christian Drosten, Patrick Vollmar, Katrin Zwirglmaier, Sabine…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-05
Description: The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from Wuhan is currently causing concern in the medical community as the virus is spreading around the world. -
Creator: Holshue, Michelle L., Chas DeBolt, Scott Lindquist, Kathy H. Lofy, John Wiesman, Hollianne Bruce, Christopher Spitters, Keith Ericson, Sara Wilkerson, Ahmet Tural, George Diaz, Amanda Cohn, LeAnne Fox, Anita Patel, Susan I. Gerber, Lindsay Kim,…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-05
Description: An outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that began in Wuhan, China, has spread rapidly, with cases now confirmed in multiple countries.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: Dhillon, Ranu S., Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, and Gerardo Chowell.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-09
Description: Any plan to stop the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo must be based on a quantitative understanding of the proportion of the at-risk population that needs to be protected by effective control measures for transmission to decline… -
Creator: Zhou, Changyu, Chen Gao, Yuanliang Xie, and Maosheng Xu.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-09
Description: A 38-year-old man from Wuhan, China, was admitted to the Central Hospital of Wuhan (Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China), on Jan 20, 2020, with a 1-day history of fever without dizziness, cough, and… -
Creator: Dean, Christina L., Jay W. Hooper, John M. Dye, Samantha E. Zak, Scott A. Koepsell, Laurence Corash, Richard J. Benjamin, Steve Kwilas, Shannon Bonds, Anne M. Winkler, and Colleen S. Kraft.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-04
Description: In 2014, passive immunization by transfusion of Ebola convalescent plasma (ECP) was considered for treating patients with acute Ebola virus disease (EVD). -
Creator: Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Calvin J. Chiew, and Vernon J. Lee.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-05
Description: The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 resulted in more than 8000 cases and 800 deaths. -
Creator: Jacob, Shevin T., Ian Crozier, William A. Fischer, Angela Hewlett, Colleen S. Kraft, Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Moses J. Soka, Victoria Wahl, Anthony Griffiths, Laura Bollinger, and Jens H. Kuhn.
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-20
Description: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus (EBOV). -
Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-17
Description: We surveyed 56 Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) in the United States and identified costs incurred since 2014 ($1.76 million/ETC) and sustainability strategies.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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