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• A gap analysis of the United States death care sector to determine training and education needs pertaining to highly infectious disease mitigation and management

  Tags Decedent Management, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, R-DM, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste
  Creator: Le, A. B., L. Witter, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-09-01
  Description: A United States industry-specific gap analysis survey of the death care sector-which comprises organizations and businesses affiliated with the funeral industry and the handling of human remains- was developed, the results analyzed, and training and…
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  Characteristics and Clinical Management of a Cluster of 3 Patients With Ebola Virus Disease, Including the First Domestically Acquired Cases in the United States

  Tags Critical Care, Diagnosis, Ebola, Example, Immunology, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Liddell, A. M., R. T. Davey, Jr., A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, C. S. Kraft, G. K. Tseggay, O. Badidi, A. C. Faust, K. V. Brown, A. F. Suffredini, K. Barrett, M. J. Wolcott, V. C. Marconi, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, G. L. Weinstein, K. Weinmeister, S. Sutton, M.…
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-07-21
  Description: More than 26,000 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in western Africa, with high mortality. Several patients have been medically evacuated to hospitals in the United States and Europe.

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• Surrogate Testing Suggests That Chlorine Dioxide Gas Exposure Would Not Inactivate Ebola Virus Contained in Environmental Blood Contamination

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Lowe, J. J., A. L. Hewlett, P. C. Iwen, P. W. Smith and S. G. Gibbs
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-05-08
  Description: The ability to decontaminate a room potentially containing the Ebola virus is important to healthcare facilities in the United States.
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  Human Ebola virus infection results in substantial immune activation

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: McElroy, A. K., R. S. Akondy, C. W. Davis, A. H. Ellebedy, A. K. Mehta, C. S. Kraft, G. M. Lyon, B. S. Ribner, J. Varkey, J. Sidney, A. Sette, S. Campbell, U. Stroher, I. Damon, S. T. Nichol, C. F. Spiropoulou and R. Ahmed
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-04-14
  Description: Four Ebola patients received care at Emory University Hospital, presenting a unique opportunity to examine the cellular immune responses during acute Ebola virus infection.
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  A Case of Human Lassa Virus Infection With Robust Acute T-Cell Activation and Long-Term Virus-Specific T-Cell Responses

  Tags Antibodies, Immunology, Lassa, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: McElroy, A. K., R. S. Akondy, J. R. Harmon, A. H. Ellebedy, D. Cannon, J. D. Klena, J. Sidney, A. Sette, A. K. Mehta, C. S. Kraft, M. G. Lyon, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, S. T. Nichol and C. F. Spiropoulou
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-15
  Description: A nurse who acquired Lassa virus infection in Togo in the spring of 2016 was repatriated to the United States for care at Emory University Hospital.
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  Kinetic Analysis of Biomarkers in a Cohort of US Patients With Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: McElroy, A. K., J. R. Harmon, T. D. Flietstra, S. Campbell, A. K. Mehta, C. S. Kraft, M. G. Lyon, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, C. J. Kratochvil, P. C. Iwen, P. W. Smith, R. Ahmed, S. T. Nichol and C. F. Spiropoulou
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-08-15
  Description: Ebola virus (EBOV) infection causes a severe and often fatal disease.An updated was made in Erratum on 2017 July 5.
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  Performance of bedside diagnostic ultrasound in an Ebola isolation unit: the Emory University Hospital experience

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Equipment and Supplies, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Creator: Moreno, C. C., C. S. Kraft, S. Vanairsdale, P. Kandiah, M. A. Klopman, B. S. Ribner and S. Tridandapani
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-01
  Description: Individuals with Ebola virus disease, a contagious and potentially lethal infection, are now being treated in specialized units in the United States.
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  Favipiravir and Ribavirin Treatment of Epidemiologically Linked Cases of Lassa Fever

  Tags Example, Lassa, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Raabe, V. N., G. Kann, B. S. Ribner, A. Morales, J. B. Varkey, A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, S. Vanairsdale, K. Faber, S. Becker, M. Eickmann, T. Strecker, S. Brown, K. Patel, P. De Leuw, G. Schuettfort, C. Stephan, H. Rabenau, J. D. Klena, P. E. Rollin,…
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-09-01
  Description: Two patients with Lassa fever are described who are the first human cases treated with a combination of ribavirin and favipiravir.

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  Long-term Management of Panuveitis and Iris Heterochromia in an Ebola Survivor

  Tags Ebola, Example, Eye/Ocular Health, Follow up, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Specimen Collection, Survivors
  Creator: Shantha, J. G., I. Crozier, J. B. Varkey, C. S. Kraft, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, A. K. Mehta, R. D. Carlson, C. E. Hill, G. Kumar, M. R. Debiec, P. S. Patel, T. W. Olsen, R. B. Nussenblatt, D. F. Martin, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki, B. S. Ribner, J. R. Smith and…
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-12-01
  Description: The 2013-2016 West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has been the largest in history with 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths in the highest transmission countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia.

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• The Psychosocial Challenges of Caring for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Behavioral Health, Ebola, Example, Family Support, Nursing, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Patient Support, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staff Support, Staffing
  Creator: Smith, M. W., P. W. Smith, C. J. Kratochvil and S. Schwedhelm
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-02-01
  Description: Caring for highly infectious patients in biocontainment units is a new phenomenon, and little is known about the behavioral health of workers in this setting.

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