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Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Pandemic influenza is an acute viral disease of the respiratory tract. It occurs when an influenza virus that was not previously circulating among people and to which most people have no immunity emerges and transmits among people. This course… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic fever with symptoms similar to those of Ebola virus disease, is endemic in much of West Africa and usually sparks a seasonal outbreak from December to March. Humans usually become infected with Lassa virus from… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus that can result in severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with case fatality rates of 10–40%. CCHF is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: All personnel responding to Ebola outbreaks need to have basic knowledge and skills in order to mount an effective response. The GO training package was developed for WHO deployees so they can work safely and effectively as part of the teams bringing… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: This comprehensive intermediate level course is for clinicians caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD). Modules provide information on screening and triage, infection prevention and control, laboratory diagnostics,… -
Creator: Wells, Jill R., Ian Crozier, Colleen S. Kraft, Mary Elizabeth Sexton, Charles E. Hill, Bruce S. Ribner, Sina Bavari, Gustavo Palacios, William A. Pearce, Russell Van Gelder, Hans Grossniklaus, Lisa Cazares, Xiankung Zeng, Jessica G. Shantha, and…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-07
Description: A 46-year-old patient with previously documented Ebola virus persistence in his ocular fluid, associated with severe panuveitis, developed a visually significant cataract. A multidisciplinary approach was taken to prevent and control infection.This…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: Wellcome Trust
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-12
Description: Timely access to data during infectious disease outbreaks by those involved in research preparedness and response provides essential input for public health response and for outbreak-related research. -
Creator: Weinreich, David M., Sumathi Sivapalasingam, Thomas Norton, Shazia Ali, Haitao Gao, Rafia Bhore, Bret J. Musser, Yuhwen Soo, Diana Rofail, Joseph Im, Christina Perry, Cynthia Pan, Romana Hosain, Adnan Mahmood, John D. Davis, Kenneth C. Turner, Andrea…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-09-29
Description: Recent data suggest that complications and death from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) may be related to high viral loads.A follow up to this study has been published: Weinreich, David M., Sumathi Sivapalasingam, Thomas Norton, Shazia Ali, Haitao… -
Creator: Washington State Department of Health and Northwest Healthcare Response Network
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-11
Description: In the event of a large-scale disaster, either a no-notice event such as a natural disaster or a prolonged situation such as a pandemic, there is the potential for an overwhelming number of critically ill or injured patients. In these situations,…