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Creator: Jones, Rachael M., Susan C. Bleasdale, Dayana Maita, and Lisa M. Brosseau, for the C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-01
Description: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a primary strategy to protect health care personnel (HCP) from infectious diseases. When transmission-based PPE ensembles are not appropriate, HCP must recognize the transmission pathway of the disease and…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: Errett, Nicole A., Lauren M. Sauer, and Lainie Rutkow.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02
Description: In our increasingly interconnected world, the potential for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) to spread globally is of paramount concern. -
Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-05
Description: In 2014, 56 US hospitals were designated as Ebola treatment centers (ETCs). ETCs had minimum augmented capability requirements for Ebola virus disease care, including for staffing and training. We sought to identify current ETC staffing challenges…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: Jacob, Shevin T., Ian Crozier, William A. Fischer, Angela Hewlett, Colleen S. Kraft, Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Moses J. Soka, Victoria Wahl, Anthony Griffiths, Laura Bollinger, and Jens H. Kuhn.
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-20
Description: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus (EBOV). -
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. -
Creator: Dean, Christina L., Jay W. Hooper, John M. Dye, Samantha E. Zak, Scott A. Koepsell, Laurence Corash, Richard J. Benjamin, Steve Kwilas, Shannon Bonds, Anne M. Winkler, and Colleen S. Kraft.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-04
Description: In 2014, passive immunization by transfusion of Ebola convalescent plasma (ECP) was considered for treating patients with acute Ebola virus disease (EVD). -
Creator: Dhillon, Ranu S., Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, and Gerardo Chowell.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-09
Description: Any plan to stop the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo must be based on a quantitative understanding of the proportion of the at-risk population that needs to be protected by effective control measures for transmission to decline… -
Creator: Madad, Syra, Joshua Moskovitz, Matthew R. Boyce, Nicholas V. Cagliuso, and Rebecca Katz.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-16
Description: Over the past century, society has achieved great gains in medicine, public health, and health-care infrastructure, particularly in the areas of vaccines, antibiotics, sanitation, intensive care and medical technology. -
Creator: Bavari, Sina, and Patrick L. Iversen.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-19
Description: Two phase 2 randomised clinical trials evaluating ChAd3-EBO-Z administered to healthy adults in Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal and healthy children in Mali and Senegal are reported by Milagritos Tapia and colleagues in The Lancet Infectious… -
Creator: Tapia, Milagritos D., Samba O. Sow, Birahim P. Ndiaye, Khardiata D. Mbaye, Aliou Thiongane, Cheikh T. Ndour, Souleymane Mboup, Julie A. Ake, Babajide Keshinro, Gideon A. Akintunde, Thompson N. Kinge, Guy Vernet, Jean Joel Bigna, Stephen Oguche,…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-19
Description: The 2014 Zaire Ebola virus disease epidemic accelerated vaccine development for the virus.
