Healthcare providers should consider a diagnosis of plague in patients who have symptoms consistent with the disease and who live, or have recently traveled to, the western United States or other ...
Andes hantavirus is rare, geographically concentrated, and the only hantavirus currently known to spread person to person. In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, Jill Morgan, Dr. Gaby Frank, and ...
When a patient arrives at a hospital with symptoms consistent with a high-consequence infectious disease (HCID), timely laboratory testing is critical for diagnosis, clinical decision-making, and ...
Preparing healthcare workers to safely use personal protective equipment (PPE) for special pathogens presents a particular training challenge: The events are rare, the stakes are high, and the PPE and ...
As the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda continues to spread — with over 2,000 cases and more than 600 deaths — host Jill Morgan sits down with Dr. Tom Geisbert ...
Step inside one of the most unique corners of American healthcare as Transmission Interrupted takes you behind the scenes of the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center ...
In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, host Jill Morgan and acclaimed author and former paramedic Kevin Hazzard dive into the complex world of outbreak response, biocontainment, and the unsung ...
What happens behind the sealed doors of a biocontainment laboratory when a patient with a suspected special pathogen—like Ebola or Lassa fever—arrives at a hospital? In this episode of Transmission ...
From Wound Care to Waste Disposal: What Healthcare Facilities Need to Know About New World Screwworm
As the United States responds to ongoing New World screwworm detections in animals, healthcare providers should also understand the potential for rare human cases, particularly in patients who have ...
New World screwworm may sound like something from a horror movie, but it’s a real and potentially devastating threat to livestock, wildlife, pets, and even humans. In this episode of Transmission ...
In this summer-ready episode of “Transmission Interrupted,” host Jill Morgan sits down with Dr. Andi Shane, Division Chief for Pediatric Infectious Disease at Emory and Medical Director of the Special ...
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