Ebola Journal Articles

• Efficient Inactivation of Monkeypox Virus by WHO The World Health Organization has provided recommendations for alcohol-based hand rub solutions that effectively inactivate the Mpox virus.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 04, 2023
• TDF/FTC and COVID-19 Severity in People With HIV What impact might treatment with this ART regimen have on COVID-19 outcomes among people with HIV? Could it help lessen disease severity?
  AIDS, December 14, 2022
• Contact Tracing: Barriers and Facilitators This paper provides an overview of the history of contact tracing during several disease outbreaks in the past century, highlighting barriers and facilitators of this important public health measure.
  American Journal of Public Health, July 20, 2022
• Expansion of ACIP Ebola Vaccine Recommendations The ACIP has expanded recommendations for Ebola vaccination to include groups who are at high risk for occupational exposure.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 25, 2022
• Antibody Therapy for COVID-19 Antibody-based therapies show promise as a potential treatment option for COVID-19. What have we learned so far?
  Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, November 18, 2021
• Leveraging the Palliative Nursing Role During COVID-19 This article provides recommendations for leveraging the important role of palliative nurses during current and future pandemics.
  Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, August 24, 2020
• Identifying and Interrupting Superspreading Events Superspreading events lead to new outbreaks of infectious diseases. What can be done to prevent and control these events in the context of COVID-19?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 10, 2020
• Update on Ebola Treatment Center Costs and Sustainability A new report provides insight into the costs incurred by Ebola treatment centers and the ultimate sustainability of these facilities.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 25, 2020
• Use of Psychological First Aid for Nurses Could psychological first aid help mitigate the emotional impacts of trauma exposure among nurses?
  Nursing Economics, May 13, 2020
• The Identify-Isolate-Inform Tool Applied to 2019-nCoV Find out how a modified identify-isolate-inform tool can assist clinicians in the identification and management of patients with 2019-nCoV.
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, May 07, 2020
• Straining the System: COVID-19 and Preparedness for Disasters In this commentary, the authors focus on how the COVID-19 crisis has underscored the critical necessity to sustain and strengthen the public health infrastructure in the United States.
  American Journal of Public Health, April 24, 2020
• Hospital-Based Travel Screening to Assess Zika Exposure A standardized screening question for hospital patients may help detect potential travel-associated Zika virus exposure.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 03, 2020
• Nutritional Care for Patients With Ebola Virus Disease What can clinicians do to improve nutritional care for these patients?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 13, 2020
• Evaluating Temperature Sensitivity of VSV-Based Vaccines Do these vaccines remain stable under temperature variances or suboptimal storage conditions?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 02, 2019
• Neurologic Infections in Travelers This article presents an overview of the the many parasitic, bacterial, and viral infectious diseases that may present with neurological manifestations in the international traveler.
  Seminars in Neurology, September 26, 2019
• Infectious Diseases Occurring in Workplaces What have we learned about the risk for certain infectious diseases in the workplace?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 05, 2019
• Travelers' Actual and Subjective Knowledge About Ebola Risk Are travelers adequately prepared to protect themselves from contracting Ebola virus disease? How might their knowledge and perceptions impact safe behaviors?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 07, 2018
• Public Health Priorities 100 Years After the Spanish Flu It's been 100 years since the deadly Spanish flu pandemic--are we adequately prepared for another? The author of this commentary argues that current public health defenses are dangerously inadequate.
  American Journal of Public Health, October 30, 2018
• Infection Control for Carriers of Drug-Resistant Organisms What are the ethical implications of imposing infection control measures on carriers of multidrug-resistant organisms?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 17, 2018
• Strengthening Global Public Health Surveillance The equitable sharing of public health surveillance data can help control or prevent infectious diseases. Which strategies may encourage the process?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 22, 2018