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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: Maier, Cheryl L., Alexander D. Truong, Sara C. Auld, Derek M. Polly, Christin-Lauren Tanksley, and Alexander Duncan.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-25
Description: Reports of thrombotic complications in patients with COVID-19 are increasingly prominent, and these reports include patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation -
Creator: Tu, Yuan-Po, Rachel Jennings, Brian Hart, Gerard A. Cangelosi, Rachel C. Wood, Kevin Wehber, Prateek Verma, Deneen Vojta, and Ethan M. Berke.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06-03
Description: The early medical response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States was limited in part by the availability of testing. Health care workers collected a swab sample from the patients’ oropharynx or nasopharynx according to testing guidelines for… -
Creator: Auld, Sara C., Mark Caridi-Scheible, James M. Blum, Chad Robichaux, Colleen Kraft, Jesse T. Jacob, Craig S. Jabaley, David Carpenter, Roberta Kaplow, Alfonso C. Hernandez-Romieu, Max W. Adelman, Greg S. Martin, Craig M. Coopersmith, David J. Murphy,…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-26
Description: Observational cohort study of patients admitted from March 6, 2020, to April 17, 2020. To determine mortality rates among adults with critical illness from coronavirus disease 2019. -
Creator: Zsuzsanna Varga, Andreas J Flammer, Peter Steiger, Martina Haberecker, Rea Andermatt, Annelies S Zinkernagel, Mandeep R Mehra, Reto A Schuepbach, Frank Ruschitzka, Holger Moch.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-02
Description: Cardiovascular complications are rapidly emerging as a key threat in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in addition to respiratory disease. The mechanisms underlying the disproportionate effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2… -
Creator: Marty, Francisco M., Kaiwen Chen, and Kelly A. Verrill.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-28
Description: Collection of specimens from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs is a procedure used for the diagnosis of Covid-19 in adults and children.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: Wood, Simon N., Ernst C. Wit, Matteo Fasiolo, and Peter J. Green.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-28
Description: Knowing the infection fatality ratio (IFR) is crucial for epidemic management: for immediate planning, for balancing the life-years saved against those lost to the consequences of management, and for considering the ethics of paying substantially… -
Creator: Osório, Nuno Sampaio, and Margarida Correia-Neves.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-28
Description: Since the initial outbreak of COVID-19 and identification of a novel enveloped RNA betacoronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), reports suggest the virus might be evolving, albeit at a lower rate than influenza… -
Creator: Mantha, Srinivas.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-27
Description: In epidemiology, the terms ratio, rate, and risk have clear definitions. In the emerging publications related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the phrase case fatality rate is being used instead of case fatality ratio. -
Creator: Minhas, Anum S., Paul Scheel, Brian Garibaldi, Gigi Liu, Maureen Horton, Mark Jennings, Steven R. Jones, Erin D. Michos, and Allison G. Hays.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Description: A 58 year old woman was admitted with symptoms of COVID-19. She subsequently developed mixed shock and echocardiogram showed mid-distal left ventricular hypokinesis and apical ballooning, findings typical for stress, or Takotsubo, cardiomyopathy.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: Goldhaber-Fiebert, Sara N., Jeremy A. Greene, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-18
Description: In the COVID-19 pandemic airway procedures like intubation, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, and high-flow nasal cannula are widely considered as potential risks for nosocomial transmission, and risks of infection are recognized even from…
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