Browse Items (16 total)

• Recent advances in combating Nipah virus

  Tags Nipah (NiV), R-IPC, Respiratory Pathogen, Zoonotic
  Creator: Kendra Johnson, Michelle Vu, and Alexander N Freiberg.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2021-09-29
  Description: Over the past 20 years, Nipah virus (NiV) has emerged as a significant, highly pathogenic bat-borne paramyxovirus causing severe respiratory disease and encephalitis in humans, and human-to-human transmission has been demonstrated in multiple…

• Update on Ebola Treatment Center Costs and Sustainability, United States, 2019

  Tags Ebola, Example, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, R-Lead, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens, Treatment Facility, Zoonotic
  Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-05-17
  Description: We surveyed 56 Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) in the United States and identified costs incurred since 2014 ($1.76 million/ETC) and sustainability strategies.

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  Rapid risk assessment: Severe respiratory disease associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), 22nd update

  Tags MERS-CoV, R-T&C, Respiratory Pathogen, Zoonotic
  Creator: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-08-29
  Description: This update of ECDC’s risk assessment on MERS-CoV was triggered by the detection of a case imported into the EU/EEA from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). In this update, we reassess the risk for EU/EEA residents.
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  Ecology of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

  Tags Avian Influenza, 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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  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Strategic Plan: 2018-2023

  Tags Epidemic, Epidemiology, Federal, Outbreaks, Public Health, R-Gen, Special Pathogens, Zoonotic
  Creator: CDC, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID)
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-08
  Description: This document is a strategic roadmap for the work necessary to realize the center’s vision: prevent infections, protect people, and save lives. (CDC)

• Nipah virus, an emerging zoonotic disease causing fatal encephalitis

  Tags Nipah (NiV), R-IPC, Zoonotic
  Creator: Ali M Alam.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2022-07-22
  Description: Nipah virus is an acute febrile illness that can cause fatal encephalitis. It is an emerging zoonotic paramyxovirus endemic to south-east Asia and the western Pacific, and can be transmitted by its primary reservoir of fruit bats, through…