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Creator: Yadana, Su, Kristen Kelli Coleman, Tham Thi Nguyen, Christophe Hansen-Estruch, Shirin Kalimuddin, Koh Cheng Thoon, Jenny Guek Hong Low, and Gregory Charles Gray.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-12-04
Description: There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that transmission of respiratory viruses occurs through the inhalation of virus-laden particles. -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Contenu Français
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018
Description: Online course created by the WHO. This course is also available in English. -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: The 21st century has witnessed changes - travel and trade, urbanization, environmental degradation and other trends that increase the risk of disease outbreaks, their spread and amplification into epidemics and pandemics. At the same time, the… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Pandemic influenza is an acute viral disease of the respiratory tract. It occurs when an influenza virus that was not previously circulating among people and to which most people have no immunity emerges and transmits among people. This course… -
Creator: Ward, Brian J., Alexander Makarkov, Annie Séguin, Stéphane Pillet, Sonia Trépanier, Jiwanjeet Dhaliwall, Michael D. Libman, Timo Vesikari, and Nathalie Landry.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-10-13
Description: Seasonal influenza remains a substantial public health threat despite the availability of egg-derived and other vaccines. Plant-based manufacturing might address some of the limitations of current vaccines. We describe two phase 3 efficacy studies of… -
Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023
Description: Timely and relevant global health security news curated by Global Center for Health Security (GCHS). -
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2024-04-18
Description: The materials on this page by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are specific to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). You can use these tools and resources to prepare for and respond to an… -
Creator: Tong, P. S., A. S. Kale, K. Ng, A. P. Loke, M. A. Choolani, C. L. Lim, Y. H. Chan, Y. S. Chong, P. A. Tambyah, and E. L. Yong.
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-11-16
Description: Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases have led to guidelines recommending the routine use of N95 respirators for healthcare workers, many of whom are women of childbearing age. The respiratory effects of prolonged respirator use on pregnant women… -
Creator: Tang, Julian W., Andre Nicolle, Jovan Pantelic, Christian A. Klettner, Ruikun Su, Petri Kalliomaki, Pekka Saarinen, Hannu Koskela, Kari Reijula, Panu Mustakallio, David K. W. Cheong, Chandra Sekhar, and Kwok Wai Tham.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013-06-24
Description: Hospital isolation rooms are vital for the containment (when under negative pressure) of patients with, or the protection (when under positive pressure) of patients, from airborne infectious agents. -
Creator: Rule, Ana M., Otis Apau, Steven H. Ahrenholz, Scott E. Brueck, William G. Lindsley, Marie A. de Perio, John D. Noti, Ronald E. Shaffer, Richard Rothman, Alina Grigorovitch, Bahar Noorbakhsh, Donald H. Beezhold, Patrick L. Yorio, Trish M. Perl, and…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-08-31
Description: Healthcare personnel are at high risk for exposure to influenza by direct and indirect contact, droplets and aerosols, and by aerosol generating procedures.