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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  How well do N95 respirators protect healthcare providers against aerosolized influenza virus?

  Tags Airborne Transmission, N95, Occupational Exposure, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Bischoff, Werner E., JoLyn Turner, Gregory Russell, Maria Blevins, Engy Missaiel, and John Stehle.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-12-18
  Description: N95 respirator masks are recommended for protection against respiratory viruses.

• Effect of exhaled moisture on breathing resistance of N95 filtering facepiece respirators.

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Mask, Masks, N95, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Roberge, Raymond J., Emily Bayer, Jeffrey B. Powell, Aitor Coca, Marc R. Roberge, and Stacey M. Benson.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2010-08
  Description: This study evaluated the effect of exhaled moisture on the breathing resistance of three classes of filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) following 4 h of continuous wear at a breathing volume of 40 l min(-1), utilizing an automated breathing and…
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  Availability, consistency and evidence-base of policies and guidelines on the use of mask and respirator to protect hospital health care workers: a global analysis

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Guidance Document, Mask, Masks, N95, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS
  Creator: Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad, Holly Seale, and Chandini Raina MacIntyre.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-05-31
  Description: Currently there is an ongoing debate and limited evidence on the use of masks and respirators for the prevention of respiratory infections in health care workers (HCWs).

• Decision model for optimizing respirator protection.

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Mask, Masks, N95, Occupational Exposure, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Harber, Philip, Brenda Merz, and Karen Chi.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 1999-05
  Description: Respirators are widely used for protection against inhaled toxins. The emphasis of research and implementation effort has evolved through several stages: the respirator device itself, use situation, respirator program factors under employer control,…
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  Issues Affecting Respirator Selection for Workers Exposed to Infectious Aerosols: Emphasis on Healthcare Settings

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Mask, Masks, N95, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Lenhart, Steven W., Teresa Seitz, Douglas Trout, and Nancy Bollinger.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2004-03-01
  Description: The goal of occupational health practice is to protect the health of workers by preventing diseases and injuries from occurring.
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  Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus: a systematic review.

  Tags Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Mask, Masks, N95, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Cowling, B. J., Y. Zhou, D. K. M. Ip, G. M. Leung, and A. E. Aiello.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2010-04
  Description: Influenza viruses circulate around the world every year. From time to time new strains emerge and cause global pandemics.
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  Risk Factors for SARS Transmission from Patients Requiring Intubation: A Multicentre Investigation in Toronto, Canada

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Exposure, R-T&C, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS
  Creator: Raboud, Janet, Altynay Shigayeva, Allison McGeer, Erika Bontovics, Martin Chapman, Denise Gravel, Bonnie Henry, Stephen Lapinsky, Mark Loeb, L. Clifford McDonald, Marianna Ofner, Shirley Paton, Donna Reynolds, Damon Scales, Sandy Shen, Andrew Simor,…
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2010-05-19
  Description: In the 2003 Toronto SARS outbreak, SARS-CoV was transmitted in hospitals despite adherence to infection control procedures.
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  Severe Febrile Respiratory Illnesses As a Cause of Mass Critical Care

  Tags Critical Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Respiratory Pathogen, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Sandrock, Christian E.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2008-01
  Description: Febrile respiratory illnesses with respiratory failure are one of the most common reasons for admission to the intensive care unit.
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  Clinical management and infection control of SARS: lessons learned.

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Infection Prevention and Control, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, SARS
  Creator: Cheng, Vincent C. C., Jasper F. W. Chan, Kelvin K. W. To, and K. Y. Yuen.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-11
  Description: The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 was the first emergence of an important human pathogen in the 21st century.

• Treating Ebola in eastern DRC

  Tags Ebola, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Rojek, Amanda M., Shevin T. Jacob, and Jake Dunning.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03
  Description: Since the onset of the west Africa Ebola virus outbreak, there has been remarkable progress in efforts to provide patients with improved supportive care and access to experimental treatments.