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Discover Background Data and Resources:

• Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.

• 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 the Ebola timeline.

• This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.

• 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:

*Click for a screen reader accessible table of this timeline.

Collection Resources

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  NETEC - Online Course - Special Pathogens of Concern: Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Isolate, R-IPC, Special Pathogens
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-10
  Description: It is critical that healthcare personnel have knowledge of Ebola and the implications for healthcare delivery in a biocontainment unit (BCU). In this course, learners will be able to describe pathogen-related factors that may warrant treatment in a…
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  NETEC - Online Course - Internal Communication

  Tags Biosafety, Communications, CONOPS, R-Lead, R-PM, Special Pathogens, Staff Support, Staffing, Staffing Model
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-18
  Description: This course will provide information on communication considerations when a facility is notified they will be receiving a patient with Ebola or other special pathogen. This will include information on communicating with staff, patients already in…
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  Ecology of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

  Tags Avian Influenza, Coronavirus, 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.

• Are We Ready for the Next Outbreak?

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Experimental Drugs, Federal, International Response, Medical Surveillance, Outbreaks, Pandemic, Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-Gen
  Creator: U.S. Agency for International Development
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2018-04-01
  Description: A three part pod-cast series discusses the need for new and improved tools to fight infectious disease, as demonstrated by the recent outbreaks of Ebola and Zika.
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  Antibodies Against Ebola and Lassa

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, Lassa, R-Res&Pub, Vaccine Study, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Creator: NIH
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2017-12-05
  Description: The 2017 Kinyoun Lecture discusses antibodies protecting against Ebola and Lassa, and the need for research collaboration.

• Threading the NEIDL (National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories)

  Tags Basic Science Research, Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratory, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: American Society for Microbiology
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-02
  Description: This video explores the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) security, a Biological Safety Level (BSL)-4 safety suit, and the facility.

• Evolution of Viral Networks

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Medical Surveillance, Pandemic, Public Health, R-Gen, Respiratory Pathogen, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Creator: NLM, NIH
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-29
  Description: This is a lecture that was the keynote of Viral Networks: An Advanced Workshop in Digital Humanities and Medical History. It focuses on H1N1, Ebola, and Zika.
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  Prioritizing diseases for research and development in emergency contexts

  Tags Coronavirus, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), Ebola, Epidemic, Experimental Drugs, Lassa, Marburg, Medical Surveillance, MERS-CoV, Mpox, Orthopox Virus, Outbreaks, Pandemic, Plague, Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-Gen, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Variola, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: World Health Organization
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2022
  Description: Worldwide, the number of potential pathogens is very large, while the resources for disease research and development (R&D) is limited. To ensure efforts under WHO’s R&D Blueprint are focused and productive, a list of diseases and pathogens are…

• Psychosocial Support During an Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Behavioral Health, Emergency Management, International Response, Public Health, R-EM
  Creator: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-07-12
  Description: This briefing is based on the briefing note developed by the PS Centre in 2014 in connection with the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. It is also available in French. - Posted 12 July, 2018 by Louise Juul Hansen

• State Strategies to Prevent and Respond to Disease Crises Through Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships

  Tags Emergency Management, Public Health, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: National Academy for State Health Policy
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-07-24
  Description: Protecting public health in an era when infections can quickly spread from remote areas to major world cities requires creative and well-orchestrated responses from national, state, and local governments.