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• U.S. Medical Examiner/Coroner capability to handle highly infectious decedents.

  Tags Decedent Management, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-DM, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Le, Aurora B., Erin G. Brooks, Lily A. McNulty, James R. Gill, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Janelle Rios, Scott J. Patlovich, Katelyn C. Jelden, Kendra K. Schmid, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-11-06
  Description: In the United States of America, Medical Examiners and Coroners (ME/Cs) investigate approximately 20% of all deaths. Unexpected deaths, such as those occurring due to a deceased person under investigation for a highly infectious disease, are likely…

• U.S. High-Level Isolation Unit Clinical Laboratory Capabilities Update.

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratorian, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. C. Iwen, K. C. Jelden, P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe 
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-04
  Description: In late 2014, 56 hospitals in the United States were designated by state and federal public health authorities as specially designed high-level isolation units (HLIUs) equipped with advanced infrastructure, laboratory capabilities, and trained staff…
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  U.S. Ebola Treatment Center Clinical Laboratory Support

  Tags Biosafety, Diagnosis, Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Jelden, K. C., P. C. Iwen, J. J. Herstein, P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-01
  Description: Fifty-five hospitals in the United States have been designated Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) by their state and local health authorities.

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  Two-Center Evaluation of Disinfectant Efficacy against Ebola Virus in Clinical and Laboratory Matrices

  Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Terminal Clean
  Creator: Sophie J. Smither, Lin Eastaugh, Claire Marie Filone, Denise Freeburger, Artemas Herzog, M. Stephen Lever, David M. Miller, Dana Mitzel, James W. Noah, Mary S. Reddick-Elick, Amy Reese, Michael Schuit, Carly B. Wlazlowski, Michael Hevey, and Victoria…
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-01
  Description: Ebola virus (EBOV) in body fluids poses risk for virus transmission.

• Treatment outcome, survival and their risk factors among new tuberculosis patients co-infected with HIV during the Ebola outbreak in Conakry/L’issue du traitement, la survie et ses facteurs de risque chez les nouveaux tuberculeux co-infectés par le VIH pendant l’épidémie d’Ebola à Conakry

  Tags Co-infection, Ebola, Français, French, R-Res&Pub, Survivors
  Creator: Camara A, Sow MS, Touré A, Diallo OH, Kaba I, Bah B, Diallo TH, Diallo MS, Guilavogui T, Sow OY.
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-11-01
  Description: Mortality among TB/HIV co-infected patients remains high in Africa. The study aimed to estimate survival and associated factors in a cohort of TB/HIV co-infected patients who started tuberculosis treatment during the Ebola outbreak in Conakry,…
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  Treatment of Ebola

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Mehta, A. K., G. M. Lyon and J. B. Varkey
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-04-23
  Description: To the Editor: We were struck by the similarity of transient vascular leak in Ebola virus disease (EVD), as reported by Lyon et al. (Dec. 18 issue),1 with that which occurs in dengue....

• Treating Ebola in eastern DRC

  Tags Ebola, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  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.
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  Travel-Related Infectious Diseases: A Guide for Health Care Professionals

  Tags Blog, Malaria, Mosquito, NETEC, R-IPC, Tick
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-08-03
  Description: The dog days of summer are upon us, and many people are taking advantage of the final weeks before cooler temperatures arrive to embark on vacations. While travel offers exciting adventures, it also carries the potential for illness. From minor…
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  Travel Health Notices

  Tags Outbreaks, R-IIT, Travel Screening
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-03-27
  Description: Travel Health Notices inform travelers and clinicians about current health issues that impact travelers’ health, like disease outbreaks, special events or gatherings, and natural disasters, in destinations around the world.  See types of travel…

• Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)

  Tags NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Outbreaks, R-IIT, Travel Screening, Vaccines
  Creator: Georgia Department of Public Health
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023
  Description: The Travel Clinical Assistant provides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last 2 years are listed first. For recent outbreaks, information on clinical…