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

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  A Clinicians Reference Guide to Marburg Virus Disease

  Tags Clinical Care, Marburg, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-02-24
  Description: This NETEC blog post reviews 10 Takeaways for Clinicians for Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), MVD Therapeutics and Vaccine Candidates, and additional resources.
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  Marburg: Transmission, Signs, and Symptoms

  Tags Contact Transmission, Marburg, R-IPC
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-03-01
  Description: This NETEC blog post discusses how Marburg Virus spreads, the signs and symptoms of Marburg Virus Disease, and resources for Health Care Professionals.
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  Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Marburg Virus Disease

  Tags Disinfection, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Marburg, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IPC, Waste Management
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-03-03
  Description: This NETEC blog post discusses how Marburg Virus spreads, how to ensure early isolation through the Identify, Isolate, and Inform Framework, isolation precautions and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), cleaning and disinfection, waste management,…
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  Monkeypox: A Contemporary Review for Healthcare Professionals

  Tags Emergency Management, Mpox, R-Res&Pub, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Boghuma K Titanji, Bryan Tegomoh, Saman Nematollahi, Michael Konomos, Prathit A Kulkarni
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2022-06-23
  Description: We present in this review an updated overview of monkeypox for healthcare professionals in the context of the ongoing outbreaks around the world.

• MEDICAL-TECHNICAL SPECIALIST: BIOLOGICAL/INFECTIOUS DISEASE

  Tags EMS, Example, HICS, R-EMS
  Creator: California Emergency Medical Services Authority
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014
  Description: Hospital Incident Command System – Job Action Sheets – Medical-Technical Specialists - Biological/Infectious Disease

  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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  EMS Guidelines for Marburg Virus Disease

  Tags EMS, Marburg, Pre-Hospital, R-EMS
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-03-09
  Description: This NETEC blog post discusses EMS guidelines for Marburg Virus Disease. Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a rare but severe viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Marburg virus, which is part of the filoviridae family that includes Ebola virus. Cases of MVD…

• National Guideline for Management, Prevention and control of Nipah Virus infection Including Encephalitis

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Nipah (NiV), R-IPC
  Creator: Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2011-12
  Description: National Guideline for Management, Prevention and control of Nipah Virus infection Including Encephalitis

• Using healthcare-seeking behaviour to estimate the number of Nipah outbreaks missed by hospital-based surveillance in Bangladesh

  Tags Nipah (NiV), R-EM, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Hegde, S. T., H. Salje, H. M. S. Sazzad, M. J. Hossain, M. Rahman, P. Daszak, J. D. Klena, S. T. Nichol, S. P. Luby, and E. S. Gurley.
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-08-01
  Description: Understanding the true burden of emergent diseases is critical for assessing public-health impact. However, surveillance often relies on hospital systems that only capture a minority of cases. We use the example of Nipah-virus infection in…

• Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of a human monoclonal antibody targeting the G glycoprotein of henipaviruses in healthy adults: a first-in-human, randomised, controlled, phase 1 study

  Tags Nipah (NiV), R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Trial
  Creator: Playford, E. G., T. Munro, S. M. Mahler, S. Elliott, M. Gerometta, K. L. Hoger, M. L. Jones, P. Griffin, K. D. Lynch, H. Carroll, D. El Saadi, M. E. Gilmour, B. Hughes, K. Hughes, E. Huang, C. de Bakker, R. Klein, M. G. Scher, I. L. Smith, L. F.…
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04
  Description: The monoclonal antibody m102.4 is a potent, fully human antibody that neutralises Hendra and Nipah viruses in vitro and in vivo. We aimed to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of m102.4 in healthy adults.

• Remdesivir (GS-5734) protects African green monkeys from Nipah virus challenge

  Tags Nipah (NiV), R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Remdesivir
  Creator: Michael K. Lo, Friederike Feldmann, Joy M. Gary, Robert Jordan, Roy Bannister, Jacqueline Cronin, Nishi R. Patel, John D. Klena, Stuart T. Nichol, Tomas Cihlar, Sherif R. Zaki, Heinz Feldmann, Christina F. Spiropoulou, and Emmie de Wit.
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-05-29
  Description: Nipah virus is an emerging pathogen in the Paramyxoviridae family. Upon transmission of Nipah virus from its natural reservoir, Pteropus spp. fruit bats, to humans, it causes respiratory and neurological disease with a case-fatality rate about 70%.