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 the Ebola timeline.

• 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:

*Click for a screen reader accessible table of this timeline.

Collection Resources

• ASPR TRACIE SARS/MERS

  Tags Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, MERS-CoV, Patient Care, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Public Health, Quarantine, R-IPC, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS, Specimen Collection
  Creator: ASPR TRACIE
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: SARS/MERS | Technical Resources | TRACIE

• CDC MERS-CoV

  Tags Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, MERS-CoV, Patient Care, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Public Health, Quarantine, R-IPC, Respiratory Pathogen, Specimen Collection
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: MERS-CoV | Home | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome | Coronavirus | CDC

• World Health Organization Ebola Virus Disease Information

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, R-IPC, Survivors
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: WHO | World Health Organization

• Nebraska Biocontainment Unit website

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), R-Lead, Special Pathogens
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center
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  NETEC Webinar Series (11/12/25): Your Questions Answered: Navigating the STAND Award RFP

  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2025-11-12
  Description: Join NETEC for an interactive session supporting applicants for the NSPS Level 2 STAND Award. We’ll provide a brief overview of NETEC, the NSPS, and how the STAND Award advances Level 2 special pathogen readiness nationwide. We’ll highlight the most…
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  NETEC: Annual Report FY2024

  Tags NETEC, R-Lead
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2025-03-07
  Description: The Year 9 Annual Report for NETEC from 2024.

• Ebola virus disease channel

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Infection Prevention and Control, Marburg, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, R-T&C, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2025
  Description: Dive into specialized videos designed to equip frontline healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills to manage control and respond effectively to Ebola virus disease outbreaks. Learn the critical strategies and protocols to prevent the spread of…

• Marburg virus disease

  Tags Marburg, Online Course, R-IPC, Zoonotic
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Training & Exercises
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2025-01
  Description: This channel introduces Marburg virus disease and outlines the signs, symptoms, diagnosis, transmission routes and epidemiology of the disease. It also discusses prevention and control strategies.Marburg virus disease is a zoonotic disease that has…

• Risk communication and community engagement

  Tags Communications, Emergency Management, Online Course, Public Health, R-EM
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Training & Exercises
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2025-01
  Description: Communities are at the heart of every response. Effective risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) supports communities and individuals in understanding the risks they face and making informed decisions about how to protect themselves and…

• Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever

  Tags Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), Online Course, R-IPC, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Training & Exercises
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2025-01
  Description: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus that can result in severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with case fatality rates of 10–40%. CCHF is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and…