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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.
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.

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Nipah Virus (NiV)

Tags Contact Transmission, Diagnosis, Droplet Transmission, Nipah (NiV), R-Gen, Treatment and Care

Creator: CDC
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-19
Description: Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus, meaning that it can spread between animals and people. Fruit bats, also called flying foxes, are the animal reservoir for NiV in nature. Nipah virus is also known to cause illness in pigs and people. Infection…
Pregnancy in an Ebola outbreak—protecting women and health workers

Tags Ebola, Neonates, Pregnancy, R-SP, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Creator: Benjamin Black
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-28
Description: Efforts to contain the spread of Ebola shouldn’t compromise healthcare for women experiencing pregnancy complications, says Benjamin Black...
CDC: Treatment of Ebola

Tags CDC, Ebola, R-T&C, Therapeutics, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Creator: CDC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2021-02-26
Description: Information and guidance on the treatment of Ebola patients, including therapeutics and supportive care.
EMS Strategies for Ebola

Tags Blog, Ebola, EMS, R-EMS, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-19
Description: This blog post covers considerations related to EMS.While it is unlikely that emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in the United States will encounter a person infected with Ebola virus during routine operations, an Ebola outbreak reported…
South American Hemorrhagic Fevers: A summary for clinicians

Tags Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever, Junín virus, R-T&C, South American Hemorrhagic Fever (SAHF), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Creator: The Medical Countermeasures Working Group of the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center’s (NETEC’s) Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN)
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-02-18
Description: This article is one of a series on acute, severe diseases of humans caused by emerging viruses for which there are no or limited licensed medical countermeasures. We approached this summary on South American Hemorrhagic Fevers (SAHF) from a clinical…
Laboratory Testing for Ebola

Tags Blog, Ebola, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-11
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses how Ebola is diagnosed in the laboratory, what to do if Ebola is suspected, assessing the risks prior to specimen collection, collecting and shipping clinical specimens, and managing and testing routine clinical…
How Frontline Health Care Workers Can Prepare for an Ebola Outbreak

Tags Blog, Ebola, Frontline Facility, Identify, Inform, Isolate, Outbreaks, R-IPC, Waste Management

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-07
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses the Sudan ebolavirus outbreak in Uganda, differences and similarities among ebolavirus Species, the Identify, Isolate, and Inform process, and infection control and waste management.
Therapeutics for Ebola virus disease

Tags Ebola, R-T&C, Therapeutics, Treatment and Care

Creator: WHO
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-08-19
Description: The WHO Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Clinical management: living guidance contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the clinical management of people with EVD.
Effects of therapies for Ebola virus disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Tags Ebola, R-T&C, Therapeutics

Creator: Ya Gao, Yunli Zhao, Gordon Guyatt, Robert Fowler, Richard Kojan, Long Ge, Jinhui Tian, Collaborators; Qiukui Hao
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-07-05
Description: Specific treatments targeting Ebola virus are crucial in managing Ebola virus disease. To support the development of clinical practice guidelines on medications for Ebola virus disease, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of therapies for…
Mpox and Pediatrics: What Clinicians Need to Know

Tags Mpox, Pediatrics, Treatment and Care

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-08-23
Description: As the 2022 global mpox outbreak continues to spread in the U.S. and abroad, pediatricians should consider how mpox may affect their patients. This blog post provides information related to mpox and pediatrics.