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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: Coleman, Kristen K., Tham T. Nguyen, Su Yadana, Christophe Hansen-Estruch, William G. Lindsley, and Gregory C. Gray.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-11-30
Description: As a leading global city with a high population density, Singapore is at risk for the introduction of novel biological threats. -
Creator: Blachere, Francoise M., William G. Lindsley, James E. Slaven, Brett J. Green, Stacey E. Anderson, Bean T. Chen, and Don H. Beezhold.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2007-05
Description: A Collison single-jet nebulizer was used to aerosolize the attenuated FluMist vaccine into a calm-air settling chamber. -
Creator: Blachere, Francoise M., William G. Lindsley, Terri A. Pearce, Stacey E. Anderson, Melanie Fisher, Rashida Khakoo, Barbara J. Meade, Owen Lander, Stephen Davis, Robert E. Thewlis, Ismail Celik, Bean T. Chen, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2009-02-15
Description: Size-fractionated aerosol particles were collected in a hospital emergency department to test for airborne influenza virus. -
Creator: Blachere, Francoise M., William G. Lindsley, Cynthia M. McMillen, Donald H. Beezhold, Edward M. Fisher, Ronald E. Shaffer, and John D. Noti.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-10
Description: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at significantly higher risk of exposure to influenza virus during seasonal epidemics and global pandemics. -
Creator: Blachere, Francoise M., Gang Cao, William G. Lindsley, John D. Noti, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2011-09
Description: Current screening methodologies for detecting infectious airborne influenza virus are limited and lack sensitivity. -
Creator: Errett, Nicole A., Lauren M. Sauer, and Lainie Rutkow.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02
Description: In our increasingly interconnected world, the potential for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) to spread globally is of paramount concern. -
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: 2020-02-05
Description: In 2014, 56 US hospitals were designated as Ebola treatment centers (ETCs). ETCs had minimum augmented capability requirements for Ebola virus disease care, including for staffing and training. We sought to identify current ETC staffing challenges…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: Kampf, Günter, Daniel Todt, Stephanie Pfaender, and Eike Steinmann.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-06
Description: Currently, the emergence of a novel human coronavirus, temporary named 2019-nCoV, has become a global health concern causing severe respiratory tract infections in humans. -
Creator: Wang X., Zhang X., He J.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-17
Description: On December 31, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission announced an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), China is now at a critical period in the control of the epidemic. -
Creator: Chen, Xuejiao, Junzhang Tian, Guanming Li, and Guowei Li.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-18
Description: In December, 2019, a group of patients with pneumonia of unknown origin, most of whom had been exposed to the Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China, was first reported.
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