Browse Items (32 total)

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  Presentation and Outcomes of Lassa Fever in Children in Nigeria: A Prospective Cohort Study (LASCOPE)

  Tags Children, Lassa, Lassa fever, Outcomes, Pediatrics, Special Pathogens, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Alexandre Duvignaud, Ijeoma C Etafo, Marie Jaspard, Qasim Salau, Béatrice Serra, Abiodun J Kareem, Sylvain Juchet, Tolulope O Jegede, Delphine Gabillard, Abiodun T Abidoye, Camille Le Gal, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Sampson Owhin, Kevin Okwaraeke, Mahamadou…
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2024-08-21
  Description: Data on the presentation, management, and outcomes of Lassa fever (LF) in children are limited. Key Points Lassa fever fatality is lower in children over 12 months old than in adults. Upper gastrointestinal symptoms should prompt immediate testing…
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  Surveillance Case Definitions for Current and Historical Conditions

  Tags Babesiosis, Candida auris, Case Definition, CDC, Dengue, Ebola, EMS, Flu, Guanarito virus, Identify, Influenza, Lassa, Marburg, Measles, R-T&C, Rubella, Smallpox
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2023
  Description: A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria used to define a disease for public health surveillance. Surveillance case definitions enable public health officials to classify and count cases consistently across reporting jurisdictions.…
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  Ecology of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

  Tags Avian Influenza, Coronavirus, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), Ebola, Epidemic, Lassa, Marburg, Nipah (NiV), Outbreaks, Pandemic, Public Health, R-Gen, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Zoonotic
  Creator: CDC, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (CDC OPHPR)
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2017-11-02
  Description: This webinar discusses Nipah virus and Ebola in terms of how human activity increases contact with wildlife and thus zoonotic disease emergence, and discusses interventions that reduce such risk.
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  Genomic Analysis of Lassa Virus during an Increase in Cases in Nigeria in 2018

  Tags Epidemiology, Lassa, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, Virology
  Creator: Katherine J. Siddle, Ph.D., Philomena Eromon, B.Sc., Kayla G. Barnes, Ph.D., Judith U. Oguzie, D.V.M., Samar Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., Ikponmwonsa Odia, M.Sc., Rickey Shah, A.L.M., Patrick Brehio, B.S., Sarah M. Winnicki, M.S., Christopher Iruolagbe,…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-11-01
  Description: In early 2018 Nigeria experienced an unprecedented increase in Lassa fever cases with widespread geographic distribution.

• Serosurvey on healthcare personnel caring for patients with Ebola virus disease and Lassa virus in the United States

  Tags Ebola, Example, Healthcare Worker Monitoring, Laboratory Testing, Lassa, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Creator: Kraft, Colleen S., Aneesh K. Mehta, Jay B. Varkey, G. Marshall Lyon, Sharon Vanairsdale, Sonia Bell, Eileen M. Burd, Mary Elizabeth Sexton, Leslie Anne Cassidy, Patricia Olinger, Kalpana Rengarajan, Vanessa N. Raabe, Emily Davis, Scott Henderson,…
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04
  Description: Healthcare personnel (HCP) were recruited to provide serum samples, which were tested for antibodies against Ebola or Lassa virus to evaluate for asymptomatic seroconversion.

  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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  A Case of Human Lassa Virus Infection With Robust Acute T-Cell Activation and Long-Term Virus-Specific T-Cell Responses

  Tags Antibodies, Immunology, Lassa, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: McElroy, A. K., R. S. Akondy, J. R. Harmon, A. H. Ellebedy, D. Cannon, J. D. Klena, J. Sidney, A. Sette, A. K. Mehta, C. S. Kraft, M. G. Lyon, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, S. T. Nichol and C. F. Spiropoulou
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-15
  Description: A nurse who acquired Lassa virus infection in Togo in the spring of 2016 was repatriated to the United States for care at Emory University Hospital.
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  Refresher Training Agenda

  Tags Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Lassa, Leadership Toolbox, Marburg, R-T&E, Response Tools, Training, Waste
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Exercise
  Date Last Updated: 2024-11-01
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, Response: Refresher Training example template. This is a template for organizations doing Just-In-Time training events.
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  NETEC COVID-19 Webinar Series (4/1/22)/Online Course: Identify, Isolate, Inform. The I's have it.

  Tags CEU, CEUs, CME, CNE, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolate, Lassa, Online Course, R-IIT
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2022-04-01
  Description: Identify, Isolate, Inform - The I's Have It!NETEC webinar presentation: Identify, Isolate, Inform. The I's Have It. Topics will include the importance of early recognition in identifying individuals potentially infected with a special pathogen, steps…
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  Laboratory Resources: Lassa Fever

  Tags Lab, Laboratorian, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Lassa, One Page Flyer, One-pager, R-Lab, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-11-06
  Description: This guide, printable flyer, provides laboratory resources related to Lassa Fever. This is a part of a series of one-page resource guides for laboratorians.
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  A Clinicians Reference Guide to Lassa Virus

  Tags Blog, Clinical Care, Lassa
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2022-06-30
  Description: This blog post provides a Clinical Perspective on Lassa Virus from NETEC experts.