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Creator: Vikramjit Mukherjee, Lauren M Sauer, Aneesh K Mehta, Sophia Y Shea, Paul D Biddinger, Brendan G Carr, Laura E Evans, Shelly Schwedhelm, John J Lowe, John J Lowe
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-05-31
Description: Infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics have repeatedly threatened public health and have severely strained healthcare delivery systems throughout the past century. Pathogens causing respiratory illness, such as influenza viruses and… -
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… -
Creator: Kendra Johnson, Michelle Vu, and Alexander N Freiberg.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-09-29
Description: Over the past 20 years, Nipah virus (NiV) has emerged as a significant, highly pathogenic bat-borne paramyxovirus causing severe respiratory disease and encephalitis in humans, and human-to-human transmission has been demonstrated in multiple… -
Creator: Mumma JM, Howard-Anderson JR, Morgan JS, Schink K, Wheatley MJ, Kraft CS, Lane MA, Kaufman NH, Ayeni O, Brownsword EA, Jacob JT.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-09-10
Description: Understanding the cognitive determinants of healthcare worker (HCW) behavior is important for improving the use of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. Given a patient requiring only standard precautions, we examined the dimensions along… -
Creator: Thomasian NM, Madad S, Hick JL, Ranney ML, Biddinger PD.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-27
Description: The Hospital Surge Preparedness and Response Index is an all-hazards template developed by a group of emergency management and disaster medicine experts from the United States. The objective of the Hospital Surge Preparedness and Response Index is to…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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Creator: Shantha, J. G., I. Crozier, C. S. Kraft, D. G. Grant, A. Goba, B. R. Hayek, C. Hartley, K. G. Barnes, T. M. Uyeki, J. Schieffelin, R. F. Garry, D. G. Bausch, P. E. Farmer, J. G. Mattia, M. J. Vandy, and S. Yeh.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-09
Description: Following the West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak of 2013-2016 and more recent EVD outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of EVD survivors are at-risk for sequelae including uveitis, which can lead to unremitting… -
Creator: Tolf, Eleanor, and Syra Madad.
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-06-18
Description: The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the effect of intensive, interactive training on hospital workers’ preparedness for special pathogen cases by utilizing the Frontline Facility Special Pathogens Training Course created by the Systemwide… -
Creator: Litvak, Mark, Katherine Miller, Tehnaz Boyle, Rachel Bedenbaugh, Christina Smith, David Meguerdichian, David Reisman, Paul Biddinger, Adam Licurse, and Eric Goralnick.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-03-10
Description: Disasters have many deleterious effects and are becoming more frequent. From a health-care perspective, disasters may cause periods of stress for hospitals and health-care systems. Telemedicine is a rapidly growing technology that has been used to… -
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… -
Creator: Schafer, Adam, Rui Xiong, Laura Cooper, Raghad Nowar, Hyun Lee, Yangfeng Li, Benjamin E. Ramirez, Norton P. Peet, Michael Caffrey, Gregory R. J. Thatcher, Erica Ollmann Saphire, Han Cheng, and Lijun Rong.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-02-04
Description: Many small molecules have been identified as entry inhibitors of filoviruses. However, a lack of understanding of the mechanism of action for these molecules limits further their development as anti-filoviral agents. Here we provide evidence that…
