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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Hyperlink
Description: Lassa virus infection can result in a broad spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms, from asymptomatic or very minimal symptoms to the severe manifestation, a viral hemorrhagic fever. In addition, the early symptoms of Lassa fever are similar in… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-01-07
Description: The treatment and infection prevention recommendations for influenza and COVID-19 are VERY different. It is important to test and differentiate. This two page graphic provides guidance. -
Creator: WHO
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2021-08-07
Description: This WHO fact sheet covers Marburg virus disease:Key facts Transmission Symptoms of Marburg virus disease Diagnosis Treatment and vaccines Marburg virus in animals Prevention and control Controlling infection in healthcare settings Marburg viral… -
![CDC Vesicular-Pustular rash-illness-protocol_Dec 2016[12].pdf](https://repository.netecweb.org/files/square_thumbnails/81a40a91cbdb605360f506c4df5e9a3c.jpg "CDC Vesicular-Pustular rash-illness-protocol_Dec 2016[12].pdf")
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… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2021-02-24
Description: In this webinar, we will discuss the diagnostics related to saliva testing and how it compares to nasal swabs for COVID-19 screening, describe novel saliva testing technology including the SalivaDirect process for testing people suspected of… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-12-01
Description: This printable flyer infographic discusses COVID-19 Specimen Collection Tips for the Healthcare Worker with nasopharyngeal swabs, anterior nasal swabs, mid-turbinate swabs, saliva, and sputum. There is a smaller file that can be previewed online, and… -
Creator: the Medical Countermeasures Working Group of the National Ebola Training and Education Center’s (NETEC’s) Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN)
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-08-03
Description: This article is a summary of countermeasures for Marburg virus disease focusing on pathogenesis, clinical features, and diagnostics, with an emphasis on therapies and vaccines that have demonstrated potential for use in an emergency situation,… -
Creator: Jessica, Howard-Anderson, Webster Andrew, Goyal Abhinav, S. Vadnais David, S. Kraft Colleen, P. Steinberg James, and T. Jacob Jesse.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-07-25
Description: The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has emphasized the importance of diagnostic medicine to both health professionals and the broader public. With rapid development and introduction of testing for SARS-CoV-2, much attention has been given to evaluating… -
Creator: Tu, Yuan-Po, Rachel Jennings, Brian Hart, Gerard A. Cangelosi, Rachel C. Wood, Kevin Wehber, Prateek Verma, Deneen Vojta, and Ethan M. Berke.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06-03
Description: The early medical response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States was limited in part by the availability of testing. Health care workers collected a swab sample from the patients’ oropharynx or nasopharynx according to testing guidelines for… -
Creator: Marty, Francisco M., Kaiwen Chen, and Kelly A. Verrill.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-28
Description: Collection of specimens from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs is a procedure used for the diagnosis of Covid-19 in adults and children.