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Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.
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Find out more about the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the development of the ASPR/CDC-supported network of healthcare facilities preparing for the next outbreak through .
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This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.
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Explore the files BELOW THE TIMELINE to discover and learn more about Ebola and other Special Pathogens, an overview of special pathogens, clinically managing patients affected, and readying healthcare teams and systems to keep everyone safe.
Timeline of Special Pathogens:
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Collection Resources
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Creator: Bax, Adriaan, Christina E. Bax, Valentyn Stadnytskyi, and Philip Anfinrud.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-11
Description: During a pandemic, identifying modes of transmission is paramount to devise effective and practical mitigation strategies. -
Creator: Flinn, Jade B., Noreen A. Hynes, Lauren M. Sauer, Lisa L. Maragakis, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-04
Description: In response to the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016, the US Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) established 10 regional treatment centers, called biocontainment units (BCUs) to prepare and provide care for patients…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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Creator: Furtado, Remo H. M., Otavio Berwanger, Henrique A. Fonseca, Thiago D. Corrêa, Leonardo R. Ferraz, Maura G. Lapa, Fernando G. Zampieri, Viviane C. Veiga, Luciano C. P. Azevedo, Regis G. Rosa, Renato D. Lopes, Alvaro Avezum, Airton L. O. Manoel, Felipe…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-08
Description: The efficacy and safety of azithromycin in the treatment of COVID-19 remain uncertain. We assessed whether adding azithromycin to standard of care, which included hydroxychloroquine, would improve clinical outcomes of patients admitted to the… -
Creator: Ehre, Camille.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-03
Description: In a laboratory setting, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was inoculated into human bronchial epithelial cells. -
Creator: Solomon, Isaac H., Erica Normandin, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Shibani S. Mukerji, Kiana Keller, Ahya S. Ali, Gordon Adams, Jason L. Hornick, Robert F. Padera, and Pardis Sabeti.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-03
Description: Neurologic symptoms, including headache, altered mental status, and anosmia, occur in many patients with Covid-19. -
Creator: Logunov, Denis Y., Inna V. Dolzhikova, Olga V. Zubkova, Amir I. Tukhvatullin, Dmitry V. Shcheblyakov, Alina S. Dzharullaeva, Daria M. Grousova, Alina S. Erokhova, Anna V. Kovyrshina, Andrei G. Botikov, Fatima M. Izhaeva, Olga Popova, Tatiana A.…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-21
Description: We developed a heterologous COVID-19 vaccine consisting of two components, a recombinant adenovirus type 26 (rAd26) vector and a recombinant adenovirus type 5 (rAd5) vector, both carrying the gene for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2… -
Creator: Dugdale, C. M., S. E. Turbett, S. M. McCluskey, K. C. Zachary, E. S. Shenoy, A. L. Ciaranello, R. P. Walensky, E. S. Rosenberg, M. N. Anahtar, D. C. Hooper, and E. P. Hyle.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-08-24
Description: We describe an approach to the evaluation and isolation of hospitalized persons under investigation (PUIs) for COVID-19 at a large U.S. academic medical center. Only a small proportion (2.9%) of PUIs with one or more repeat SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid… -
Creator: Sánchez, Sarimer M., Eileen F. Searle, David Rubins, Sayon Dutta, Winston Ware, Paul D. Biddinger, and Erica S. Shenoy.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-08-27
Description: The early phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and ongoing efforts for mitigation underscore the importance of universal travel and symptom screening. We analyzed adherence to documentation of travel and symptom screening through… -
Creator: Suthar, M. S., M. G. Zimmerman, R. C. Kauffman, G. Mantus, S. L. Linderman, W. H. Hudson, A. Vanderheiden, L. Nyhoff, C. W. Davis, O. Adekunle, M. Affer, M. Sherman, S. Reynolds, H. P. Verkerke, D. N. Alter, J. Guarner, J. Bryksin, M. C. Horwath, C.…
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06-23
Description: SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is causing a devastating worldwide pandemic, and there is a pressing need to understand the development, specificity, and neutralizing potency of humoral immune responses during acute infection. We… -
Creator: Sakurai, Aki, Toshiharu Sasaki, Shigeo Kato, Masamichi Hayashi, Sei-ichiro Tsuzuki, Takuma Ishihara, Mitsunaga Iwata, Zenichi Morise, and Yohei Doi.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-08-27
Description: Information on the natural history of asymptomatic infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains scarce.
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