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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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  Macrophage Activation Marker Soluble CD163 Associated with Fatal and Severe Ebola Virus Disease in Humans

  Etiquetas Ebola, Laboratory Testing, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Autor: McElroy, A. K., P. Shrivastava-Ranjan, J. R. Harmon, R. B. Martines, L. Silva-Flannery, T. D. Flietstra, C. S. Kraft, A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, S. T. Nichol, S. R. Zaki, and C. F. Spiropoulou
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2019-02
  Descripción: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is associated with elevated cytokine levels, and hypercytokinemia is more pronounced in fatal cases. This type of hyperinflammatory state is reminiscent of 2 rheumatologic disorders known as macrophage activation syndrome…

• Ebola virus disease and critical illness

  Etiquetas Critical Care, Ebola, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Autor: Leligdowicz, A., W. A. Fischer, 2nd, T. M. Uyeki, T. E. Fletcher, N. K. Adhikari, G. Portella, F. Lamontagne, C. Clement, S. T. Jacob, L. Rubinson, A. Vanderschuren, J. Hajek, S. Murthy, M. Ferri, I. Crozier, E. Ibrahima, M. C. Lamah, J. S.…
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2016-07-29
  Descripción: As of 20 May 2016 there have been 28,646 cases and 11,323 deaths resulting from the West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak reported to the World Health Organization.

• New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature.

  Etiquetas Ebola, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Autor: Kuhn, J. H., T. Adachi, N. K. J. Adhikari, J. R. Arribas, I. E. Bah, D. G. Bausch, N. Bhadelia, M. Borchert, A. B. Brantsaeter, D. M. Brett-Major, T. H. Burgess, D. S. Chertow, C. G. Chute, T. J. Cieslak, R. Colebunders, I. Crozier, R. T. Davey, H.…
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2019-05
  Descripción: The recent large outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Western Africa resulted in greatly increased accumulation of human genotypic, phenotypic and clinical data, and improved our understanding of the spectrum of clinical manifestations. As a…

• Ebola virus disease: implications for solid organ transplantation

  Etiquetas Antibodies, Contact Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-DM, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Autor: Kaul, D. R., A. K. Mehta, C. R. Wolfe, E. Blumberg, and M. Green
  Tema: Decedent Management
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-01
  Descripción: The authors recommend a simple, common‐sense approach to screening deceased and living donors for exposure to Ebola virus and thus reducing the risk of Ebola virus transmission from organ donor to recipient.

• Care of patients with Ebola virus disease

  Etiquetas Infection Prevention and Control, Isolate, Nursing, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Staff Support, Staffing, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Autor: Feistritzer, N. R., C. Hill, S. Vanairsdale, and J. Gentry
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2014-11
  Descripción: Caring for patients with Ebola virus disease requires strict biosafety protocols to eliminate exposure and ensure containment. Training and competency verification were critical to creation of a safe environment for nursing staff involved in the…

• Defining antigen-specific plasmablast and memory B cell subsets in human blood after viral infection or vaccination.

  Etiquetas Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, R-Res&Pub, Vaccine Study, Virology
  Autor: Ellebedy, A. H., K. J. Jackson, H. T. Kissick, H. I. Nakaya, C. W. Davis, K. M. Roskin, A. K. McElroy, C. M. Oshansky, R. Elbein, S. Thomas, G. M. Lyon, C. F. Spiropoulou, A. K. Mehta, P. G. Thomas, S. D. Boyd, and R. Ahmed
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2016-10
  Descripción: Antigen-specific B cells bifurcate into antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) and memory B cells (MBCs) after infection or vaccination.
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  Pre-hospital transportation in Western countries for Ebola patients, comparison of guidelines.

  Etiquetas Ebola, EMS, Ground Transport, Guidance Document, Patient Transport, Pre-Hospital, Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Autor: Coignard-Biehler, H., A. Isakov, and J. Stephenson
  Tema: Pre-hospital
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-08
  Descripción: Although the epidemic is largely confined to West Africa, most Western countries where there is a possible risk of imported EVD have developed guidelines and procedures for the transport of confirmed or suspected cases of EVD. Specific…

• Essentials of filoviral load quantification.

  Etiquetas Ebola, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Autor: Cnops, L., J. van Griensven, A. N. Honko, D. G. Bausch, A. Sprecher, C. E. Hill, R. Colebunders, J. C. Johnson, A. Griffiths, G. F. Palacios, C. S. Kraft, G. Kobinger, A. Hewlett, D. A. Norwood, P. Sabeti, P. B. Jahrling, P. Formenty, J. H. Kuhn, and…
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2016-07
  Descripción: Quantitative measurement of viral load is an important parameter in the management of filovirus disease outbreaks because viral load correlates with severity of disease, survival, and infectivity. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

• Patients under investigation for Ebola virus disease in the United States: hospital preparedness planning and alternate care facilities

  Etiquetas Biosafety, Bioseal, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Preparedness, R-IIT, R-Res&Pub, R-T&E, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Autor: Bogucki, S., and A. Isakov.
  Tema: Intake and Internal Transport
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-05
  Descripción: Many months into a still-worsening epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in three West African nations, the U.S. health care system was challenged by its first undiagnosed EVD patient presenting to a hospital emergency department (ED) in Dallas,…

• Longitudinal Analysis of the Human B Cell Response to Ebola Virus Infection

  Etiquetas Ebola, Immunology, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, Research, Vaccine Study
  Autor: Davis CW, Jackson KJL, McElroy AK, Halfmann P, Huang J, Chennareddy C, Piper AE, Leung Y, Albariño CG, Crozier I, Ellebedy AH, Sidney J, Sette A, Yu T, Nielsen SCA, Goff AJ, Spiropoulou CF, Saphire EO, Cavet G, Kawaoka Y, Mehta AK, Glass PJ, Boyd SD,…
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2019-05-30
  Descripción: Ebola virus (EBOV) remains a public health threat. We performed a longitudinal study of B cell responses to EBOV in four survivors of the 2014 West African outbreak.