Browse Items (40 total)

• Online Audiocasts From the SHEA/CDC ORTP (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outbreak Response Training Program) Regional Training Workshop

  Tags Behavioral Health, Biosafety, Clinical Care Guidelines, Communications, CONOPS, Diagnosis, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Exercises and Drills, MERS-CoV, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Preparedness, Public Health, R-T&E, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics, Training, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Subject: General
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2023-10-18
  Description: These audiocasts, recorded at the SHEA/CDC ORTP Regional Training Workshop, discuss successes and failures of past infectious disease outbreaks and offer insights into the key steps involved in preparing your facility for the next high-consequence…

• Evolution of Viral Networks

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Medical Surveillance, Pandemic, Public Health, R-Gen, Respiratory Pathogen, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Creator: NLM, NIH
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-29
  Description: This is a lecture that was the keynote of Viral Networks: An Advanced Workshop in Digital Humanities and Medical History. It focuses on H1N1, Ebola, and Zika.

• Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health, Quarantine, R-IPC, Treatment and Care
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-02-12
  Description: WHO Ebola Virus Disease fact sheet.
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  Marburg virus disease Fact Sheet

  Tags Contact Transmission, Diagnosis, Infection Prevention and Control, Marburg, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Outcomes, R-IPC, R-PM, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Zoonotic
  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…
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  Nipah Virus (NiV)

  Tags Contact Transmission, Diagnosis, Droplet Transmission, Nipah (NiV), R-Gen, Treatment and Care
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2022-10-19
  Description: Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus, meaning that it can spread between animals and people. Fruit bats, also called flying foxes, are the animal reservoir for NiV in nature. Nipah virus is also known to cause illness in pigs and people. Infection…
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  MERS-CoV: Clinical Management and Guidance

  Tags Diagnosis, MERS-CoV, Public Health, R-T&C, Respiratory Pathogen, Zoonotic
  Creator: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-20
  Description: Guidance on investigating Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), public health management of suspected UK cases and advice to travellers.
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  Clinical and epidemiological predictors of transmission in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Diagnosis, Droplet Transmission, Epidemiology, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Res&Pub, SARS
  Creator: Chen, Mark I. C., Angela L. P. Chow, Arul Earnest, Hoe Nam Leong, and Yee Sin Leo.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2006
  Description: Only a minority of probable SARS cases caused transmission. We assess if any epidemiological or clinical factors in SARS index patients were associated with increased probability of transmission.

• Emergency Department Processes for the Evaluation and Management of Persons Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Diagnosis, Ebola, Emergency Department, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IIT, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Travel Screening, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Wadman, M. C., S. S. Schwedhelm, S. Watson, J. Swanhorst, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, P. C. Iwen, A. K. Hayes, S. Needham, D. W. Johnson, D. J. Kalin, W. G. Zeger and R. L. Muelleman
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: Due to the recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, patients with epidemiologic risk for Ebola virus disease and symptoms consistent with Ebola virus disease are presenting to emergency departments (EDs) and clinics in the United States.
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  Ebola or Not? Evaluating the Ill Traveler From Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa.

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Person Under Investigation (PUI), R-IIT, R-Lead, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Fairley, J. K., P. E. Kozarsky, C. S. Kraft, J. Guarner, J. P. Steinberg, E. Anderson, J. T. Jacob, P. Meloy, D. Gillespie, T. R. Espinoza, A. Isakov, S. Vanairsdale, E. Baker and H. M. Wu
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01-18
  Description: The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa had global impact beyond the primarily affected countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 

• Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Diagnostics

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Identify, Marburg, NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, R-IIT, R-Lead, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Racsa, L. D., C. S. Kraft, G. G. Olinger, and L. E. Hensley
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01-15
  Description: There are 4 families of viruses that cause viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), including Filoviridae. Ebola virus is one virus within the family Filoviridae and the cause of the current outbreak of VHF in West Africa.