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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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  Ebola virus disease: an update on post-exposure prophylaxis.

  Tags Ebola, Example, Immunology, Occupational Health, Prophylaxis, R-PM, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Fischer, W. A. N., P. Vetter, D. G. Bausch, T. Burgess, R. T. Davey, Jr., R. Fowler, F. G. Hayden, P. B. Jahrling, A. C. Kalil, D. L. Mayers, A. K. Mehta, T. M. Uyeki and M. Jacobs
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-11-15
  Description: The massive outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa between 2013 and 2016 resulted in intense efforts to evaluate the efficacy of several specific countermeasures developed through years of preclinical work, including the first clinical trials…

  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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  Ebola or Not? Evaluating the Ill Traveler From Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa.

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Person Under Investigation (PUI), R-IIT, R-Lead, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Fairley, J. K., P. E. Kozarsky, C. S. Kraft, J. Guarner, J. P. Steinberg, E. Anderson, J. T. Jacob, P. Meloy, D. Gillespie, T. R. Espinoza, A. Isakov, S. Vanairsdale, E. Baker and H. M. Wu
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01-18
  Description: The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa had global impact beyond the primarily affected countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 
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  Beyond the Dirty Dozen: A Proposed Methodology for Assessing Future Bioweapon Threats.

  Tags Civil Defense, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Cieslak, T. J., M. G. Kortepeter, R. J. Wojtyk, H.-J. Jansen, R. A. Reyes and J. O. Smith
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-11-21
  Description: Defense policy planners and countermeasure developers are often faced with vexing problems involving the prioritization of resources and efforts.

• Ebola's Legacy: Children with Cataracts

  Tags Ebola, Eye/Ocular Health, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, Public Health, R-T&C, Survivors
  Creator: New York Times
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2017-10-19
  Description: Grady, Denise. 2017. "Ebola's Legacy: Children with Cataracts." New York Times [October 19, 2017].
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  NETEC - Online Course - Identify, Isolate, Inform: Assessment, management, and placement of PUI

  Tags Communications, CONOPS, Ebola, Emergency Department, Identify, Inform, Isolate, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Physical Infrastructure, Public Health, R-PhIn, Special Pathogens
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-25
  Description: Best practices for the assessment, management, and placement of patients under investigation for exposure to Ebola and Other Special Pathogens of Concern.
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  NETEC - Online Course - Behavioral Health Considerations for Patients and Healthcare Workers

  Tags Behavioral Health, Ebola, Family Support, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Patient Support, R-Lead, R-PM, Special Pathogens, Staff Support, Staffing
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2019-06-21
  Description: Behavioral health considerations for patients and healthcare workers. This course replaces the 2017 (https://courses.netec.org/courses/behavioral-health) version. This course will provide strategies and information on the many aspects of behavioral…

• ASPR TRACIE SARS/MERS

  Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, MERS-CoV, Patient Care, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Public Health, Quarantine, R-IPC, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS, Specimen Collection
  Creator: ASPR TRACIE
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: SARS/MERS | Technical Resources | TRACIE

• CDC MERS-CoV

  Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, MERS-CoV, Patient Care, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Public Health, Quarantine, R-IPC, Respiratory Pathogen, Specimen Collection
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: MERS-CoV | Home | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome | Coronavirus | CDC

• World Health Organization Ebola Virus Disease Information

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, R-IPC, Survivors
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: WHO | World Health Organization

• Nebraska Biocontainment Unit website

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, Special Pathogens
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center