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

• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)

  Tags Laboratory, Protocol, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Research, Training
  Creator: CITI Program
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2022
  Description: The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) is dedicated to serving the training needs of colleges and universities, healthcare institutions, technology and research organizations, and governmental agencies, as they foster…

• CDC Laboratory Training

  Tags Biosafety, Laboratory, Occupational Health, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Training
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2022-06-29
  Description: This page includes a selection of different laboratory trainings.

• CDC Laboratories

  Tags Biosafety, CDC, Laboratory, Occupational Health, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2022-10-26
  Description: CDC has more than 1700 scientists, working in more than 200 cutting-edge laboratories across the U.S. from Atlanta to Spokane, to Ft Collins, to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Morgantown, Anchorage, and San Juan. While CDC’s laboratories are diverse in…

• ASHP Guidelines for the Management of Investigational Drug Products

  Tags R-Res&Pub, Research, Research Design, Therapeutics
  Creator: Editor Bruce Hawkins
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019
  Description: The purpose of these guidelines is to describe a standardized approach for the management of investigational drug products by the clinical research pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry, and cooperative and research network groups.

• Information Sheet Guidance for Sponsors, Clinical Investigators, and IRBs Frequently Asked Questions Statement of Investigator (Form FDA 1572) (Revision 1)

  Tags Institutional Review Board (IRB), NSPS 1, NSPS 2, R-Res&Pub, Research, Research Design
  Creator: FDA
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2021-05
  Description: Guidance for Sponsors, Clinical Investigators, and IRBs. Information for investigational new drugs (IND).
  Draft Information Sheet Guidance for Sponsors, Clinical Investigators, and IRBs Frequently Asked Questions Statement of Investigator (Form FDA…
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  Monkeypox Specimen Collection: Breaking the Swab Shaft
  

  Tags Just in Time training (JIT), Laboratory, Mpox, R-Lab, Skills Video, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2022-07-22
  Description: This video is a brief demonstration of how to break a monkeypox specimen collection swab's shaft in a safe manner.
  
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  Monkeypox Specimen Collection

  Tags Just in Time training (JIT), Laboratory, Mpox, R-Lab, Skills Video, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2022-07-22
  Description: In this video, you will be introduced to collecting an appropriate specimen for monkeypox virus diagnostic testing.
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  Lassa Virus Infection: a Summary for Clinicians
  

  Tags Clinical Care, Lassa, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Science Working Group of the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN)
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2022-04-05
  Description: This summary on Lassa virus (LASV) infection and Lassa fever disease (LF) was developed from a clinical perspective to provide clinicians with a condensed, accessible understanding of the current literature. The information provided highlights…

• Developing a Rapid Response Single IRB Model for Conducting Research During a Public Health Emergency

  Tags Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, Research, Research Design
  Creator: Abigail E Lowe, Colleen Kraft, Mark G Kortepeter, Keith F Hansen, Kristine Sanger, Ann Johnson, Jonathan D Grein, Julie Martin, Rebecca Rousselle, Jennifer A Garland, Jessica Spotts, John J Lowe, Lauren M Sauer, Christopher J Kratochvil, Bruce G…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2022-05-31
  Description: Research is foundational for evidence-based management of patients. Clinical research, however, takes time to plan, conduct, and disseminate—a luxury that is rarely available during a public health emergency. The University of Nebraska Medical Center…

• Monkeypox transmission following exposure in healthcare facilities in nonendemic settings: Low risk but limited literature

  Tags Contact Transmission, Mpox, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub, Research
  Creator: Kimon C Zachary, Erica S Shenoy
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2022-06-09
  Description: Transmission risk of monkeypox in healthcare settings outside endemic regions has not been well defined. A rapid review of the literature, including cases outside monkeypox-endemic regions from 2000 to 2022 identified a single reported case of…