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Creator: Zhang, Liangsheng, Fu-ming Shen, Fei Chen, and Zhenguo Lin.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-03
Description: The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) recently reported from Wuhan (China), and Thailand, Japan, South Korea and US have been confirmed as new coronavirus (page 1). -
Creator: Zhang, Jiao, Shoucai Wu, and Lingzhong Xu.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-21
Description: Following a containment phase of two months, China has transitioned to the mitigation phase. However, China still faces the risk of COVID-19 spreading due to not only to sporadic new cases and imported cases but also asymptomatic carriers. -
Creator: Wilkason, Colby, Christopher Lee, Lauren M. Sauer, Jennifer Nuzzo, and Amanda McClelland.
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06
Description: The 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic was devastating in many respects, not least of which was the impact on healthcare systems and their health workforce. Healthcare workers—including physicians, clinical officers, nurses, midwives, and… -
Creator: Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Calvin J. Chiew, and Vernon J. Lee.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-05
Description: The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 resulted in more than 8000 cases and 800 deaths. -
Creator: WHO
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023
Description: Plague is an infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. The disease is transmitted between animals via their fleas and, as it is a zoonotic bacterium, it can also transmit from animals to… -
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… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Contenu Français
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-14
Description: Les coronavirus sont une vaste famille de virus susceptibles de provoquer des maladies diverses chez l'homme, allant du simple rhume au syndrome respiratoire du Moyen-Orient (MERS) et au syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère (SRAS). Un nouveau… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Elementos en Español
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-14
Description: Coronavirus es una gran familia de virus conocidos por causar enfermedades que van desde un resfriado común hasta manifestaciones clínicas más severas como las observadas en el Síndrome respiratorio por el coronavirus de Oriente Medio (MERS) y el… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-14
Description: All personnel responding to outbreaks of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) need to have the basic knowledge and skills to mount an effective response. They need to understand what ARIs are, how they are transmitted, how to assess the risk of… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-27
Description: Interim guidance for surveillance of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) recently identified in Wuhan, China (2019-nCoV).
Global Surveillance for human infection with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Updated.