Browse Items (62 total)

• Assessing and Reducing Risk to Healthcare Workers in Outbreaks

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Outbreaks, Pandemic, R-IPC, R-PM, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Wilkason, Colby, Christopher Lee, Lauren M. Sauer, Jennifer Nuzzo, and Amanda McClelland.
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-06
  Description: The 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic was devastating in many respects, not least of which was the impact on healthcare systems and their health workforce. Healthcare workers—including physicians, clinical officers, nurses, midwives, and…

• Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Geneva, Switzerland (SEROCoV-POP): a population-based study

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemic, Laboratory Testing, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Stringhini, Silvia, Ania Wisniak, Giovanni Piumatti, Andrew S. Azman, Stephen A. Lauer, Hélène Baysson, David De Ridder, Dusan Petrovic, Stephanie Schrempft, Kailing Marcus, Sabine Yerly, Isabelle Arm Vernez, Olivia Keiser, Samia Hurst, Klara M.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-06-11
  Description: Assessing the burden of COVID-19 on the basis of medically attended case numbers is suboptimal given its reliance on testing strategy, changing case definitions, and disease presentation. Population-based serosurveys measuring anti-severe acute…

• Ratio, rate, or risk?

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemic, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Mantha, Srinivas.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-05-27
  Description: In epidemiology, the terms ratio, rate, and risk have clear definitions. In the emerging publications related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the phrase case fatality rate is being used instead of case fatality ratio.
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  Telemedicine Flyer

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Archived, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemic, Isolate, Pandemic, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2020-05-13
  Description: Telehealth: providing support, clinical care (education, administration, public health) to the client, or program planning at a distance.Go to the NETEC COVID-19 webinar on Telemedicine Innovations.This asset was updated to cover novel respiratory…

• Vaccine development during global epidemics: the Zika experience

  Tags Epidemic, Outbreaks, Pandemic, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Vaccine Study
  Creator: Castanha, Priscila M. S., and Ernesto T. A. Marques.
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-05-06
  Description: The North and South American continents experienced a major epidemic of Zika virus in 2015–16, which infected up to 70% of the population in some areas.
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  NETEC COVID-19 Webinar Series (4/29/20)/Online Course: Ethical issues in Pandemic Response, Triage and Beyond

  Tags 2019-nCoV, CEU, CEUs, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemic, Ethics, Online Course, Pandemic, R-EM
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04-29
  Description: Discuss Critical Standards of Care – what they are, when they occur, and the ethical principles to adhere to during a crisis. Additional topics will include resource allocation, triage, and disparities and limitations related to COVID-19.Webinar…

• Advanced Preparation Makes Research in Emergencies and Isolation Care Possible: The Case of Coronavirus Disease.

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemic, Lab, Laboratory, Outbreaks, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, Research
  Creator: Brett-Major, David M., Elizabeth R. Schnaubelt, Hannah M. Creager, Abigail Lowe, Theodore J. Cieslak, Jacob M. Dahlke, Daniel W. Johnson, Paul D. Fey, Keith F. Hansen, Angela L. Hewlett, Bruce G. Gordon, Andre C. Kalil, Ali S. Khan, Mark G.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-30
  Description: The optimal time to initiate research on emergencies is before they occur. However, timely initiation of high-quality research may launch during an emergency under the right conditions.

• Creating a Framework for Conducting Randomized Clinical Trials during Disease Outbreaks

  Tags Clinical Trial, Epidemic, Laboratory Testing, Outbreaks, Pandemic, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study
  Creator: Dean, Natalie E., Pierre-Stéphane Gsell, Ron Brookmeyer, Forrest W. Crawford, Christl A. Donnelly, Susan S. Ellenberg, Thomas R. Fleming, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Peter Horby, Thomas Jaki, Philip R. Krause, Ira M. Longini, Sabue Mulangu, Jean-Jacques…
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04-02
  Description: Conducting trials of novel interventions during infectious disease emergencies, such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, is increasingly recognized as important for determining the efficacy of potential vaccines and therapies.

• Estimation of the COVID-19 burden in Egypt through exported case detection

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Airborne Transmission, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Droplet Transmission, Epidemic, Identify, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Tuite, Ashleigh R., Victoria Ng, Erin Rees, David Fisman, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Kamran Khan, and Isaac I. Bogoch.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-26
  Description: In December, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China, causing a pandemic that continues to spread globally.

• Estimation of COVID-19 outbreak size in Italy

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Airborne Transmission, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Droplet Transmission, Epidemic, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Tuite, Ashleigh R., Victoria Ng, Erin Rees, and David Fisman.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-19
  Description: Italy is currently experiencing an epidemic of COVID-19 which emerged in the Lombardy region.