Browse Items (40 total)

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  Polio Resurgence: Guidance for Health Care Workers

  Tags Diagnosis, Droplet Transmission, Laboratory Testing, Polio, R-T&C, Survivors, Vaccines
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-02-06
  Description: This NETEC blog post discusses Poliovirus transmission and pathogenesis, Paralytic Polio, Polio survivors and Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS), Polio vaccines and recommendations, and Polio testing in the laboratory.
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  Preliminary Guidance for High-Level Containment Care of Patients Infected with Sudan Ebolavirus

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Epidemiology, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-T&C, Treatment and Care, Video, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2022-12-19
  Description: The information in this video is evolving, and updates to the content will come out in the future. Please check back for the most updated information. Objectives: In this video presentation, we will discuss: Epidemiology of Sudan Ebolavirus and the…
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  Lassa Fever: Testing and Treatments

  Tags Blog, Diagnosis, Identify, Laboratory Testing, Lassa, Treatment and Care
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2022-06-29
  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…
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  Performance of bedside diagnostic ultrasound in an Ebola isolation unit: the Emory University Hospital experience

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Equipment and Supplies, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Creator: Moreno, C. C., C. S. Kraft, S. Vanairsdale, P. Kandiah, M. A. Klopman, B. S. Ribner and S. Tridandapani
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-01
  Description: Individuals with Ebola virus disease, a contagious and potentially lethal infection, are now being treated in specialized units in the United States.
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  Characteristics and Clinical Management of a Cluster of 3 Patients With Ebola Virus Disease, Including the First Domestically Acquired Cases in the United States

  Tags Critical Care, Diagnosis, Ebola, Example, Immunology, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Liddell, A. M., R. T. Davey, Jr., A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, C. S. Kraft, G. K. Tseggay, O. Badidi, A. C. Faust, K. V. Brown, A. F. Suffredini, K. Barrett, M. J. Wolcott, V. C. Marconi, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, G. L. Weinstein, K. Weinmeister, S. Sutton, M.…
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-07-21
  Description: More than 26,000 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in western Africa, with high mortality. Several patients have been medically evacuated to hospitals in the United States and Europe.

  Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.

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  Ebola and MERS Self-Screening Poster

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Leadership Toolbox, MERS-CoV, Mitigation Tools, R-Lead, R-T&E
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-25
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, Mitigation: Poster for patients
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  Marburg Virus Disease: a Summary for Clinicians

  Tags Category A, Clinical Care, Diagnosis, Isolation/Biocontainment, Marburg, R-Res&Pub, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  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,…
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  Development of a Pediatric Ebola Predictive Score, Sierra Leone

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Epidemiology, Outbreaks, Pediatrics, R-Res&Pub, R-SP, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Fitzgerald F, Wing K, Naveed A, Gbessay M, Ross JCG, Checchi F, Youkee D, Jalloh MB, Baion DE, Mustapha A, Jah H, Lako S, Oza S, Boufkhed S, Feury R, Bielicki J, Williamson E, Gibb DM, Klein N, Sahr F, Yeung S.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-02
  Description: We compared children who were positive for Ebola virus disease (EVD) with those who were negative to derive a pediatric EVD predictor (PEP) score.
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  Comparison of FilmArray and Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR for Detection of Zaire Ebolavirus from Contrived and Clinical Specimens

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Immunology, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Southern, T. R., L. D. Racsa, C. G. Albarino, P. D. Fey, S. H. Hinrichs, C. N. Murphy, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, C. E. Hill, E. L. Ryan, C. S. Kraft, S. Campbell, T. K. Sealy, A. Schuh, J. C. Ritchie, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, B.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: Rapid, reliable, and easy-to-use diagnostic assays for detection of Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) are urgently needed.
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  Novel Respiratory Pathogens Specimen Collection Tips for the Health Care Worker

  Tags Diagnosis, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Novel Respiratory Pathogen, R-Lab, Specimen Collection, Treatment and Care
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-06-05
  Description: This printable flyer infographic discusses Novel Respiratory Pathogens 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…