Browse Items (362 total)

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  Lessons Learned in Developing an Effective Regional Ebola CONOPS (Concept of Operations)

  Tags Communications, CONOPS, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Identify, Inform, Isolate, Outbreaks, Pre-Hospital, Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, R-EMS, R-PreH
  Creator: ASPR
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2016-08-10
  Description: This recorded webinar with slides aims to share lessons learned to assist regions in the development of their Ebola concept of operations (CONOPS) (ASPR).
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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.

• Ethically Sound

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Ethics, Legal, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, Quarantine, R-Gen, Research, Special Pathogens, Survivors
  Creator: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2016-09-19
  Description: Episode of the 'Ethically Sound' podcast, discussing ethics and ebola.

• Guidance For Managing Ethical Issues In Infectious Disease Outbreaks

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Ethics, Legal, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, Quarantine, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Research, Special Pathogens, Survivors
  Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-10-18
  Description: Infectious disease outbreaks are frequently characterized by scientific uncertainty, social and institutional disruption, and an overall climate of fear and distrust. Policy makers and public health professionals may be forced to weigh and prioritize…
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  CDC Planning and Preparedness Resources for Pandemic Flu

  Tags Flu, Influenza, Pandemic, Preparedness, R-EM
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-03
  Description: About Pandemic Influenza Purpose An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of a new influenza A virus that is very different from current and recently circulating human seasonal influenza A viruses. Pandemics happen when new (novel) influenza A…
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  Are We There Yet? Laboratory Preparedness for Emerging Infectious Diseases.

  Tags Diagnosis, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-Lab, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Burnham, C. D., J. H. Kwon, E. M. Burd, S. Campbell, P. C. Iwen and M. B. Miller
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-10
  Description: We have asked 4 experts in this field to share their thoughts on contemporary challenges in laboratory preparedness for emerging infectious diseases.
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  Editorial Commentary: Considerations of Favipiravir as a Medical Countermeasure in Future Randomized Controlled Trials Against Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Clinical Trial, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: Kraft, C. S.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-15
  Description: Since the discovery of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976, outbreaks of EVD had been mainly confined to rural areas (http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/history/chronology.html)...
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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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  Acute, Generalized Vesicular or Pustular Rash Illness Testing Protocol in the United States

  Tags Diagnosis, Example, Laboratory Testing, Mpox, Protocol, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Smallpox, Special Pathogens
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2016-12-01
  Description: This protocol has been developed to guide the sequence and type of laboratory testing to be undertaken in situations involving specimens from patients with acute, generalized vesicular or pustular rash illness, or suspected smallpox vaccine (vaccinia…

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  Person Under Investigation Case Studies

  Tags Identify, Isolate, Person Under Investigation (PUI), R-Lead, R-T&E
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2017
  Description: Past In Person Course Presentation: Session Outline: Go over case presentation of potential PUIs. Work through discussion questions in small groups and share thoughts with the larger group. Your group may come up with additional questions for…