Biological Agents: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Description: The course “Biological Agents: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers” is designed to give you a brief overview the Category A biological agents, the viral hemorrhagic fevers. This course covers the families of viruses, their general epidemiology, routes of infection, clinical presentations and treatments. It also looks at several specific viral hemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola, Marburg and Lassa Fevers.
Author(s)
  • Name: Program: Pacific EMPRINTS
    Title: Pacific Emergency Management, Preparedness and Response Information Network and Training Services
    Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Social Sciences
    Email: emprints@hawaii.edu
Developer
Name: Sturgis, Kanako MPH
Title: Program Specialist
Organization: Institute for Public Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University
Email: knaito@projects.sdsu.edu
Contact
Name: Daddario, Anna MSW
Email: annadaddario@gmail.com
Phone: (808) 956-0895
Address: 1960 East-West Road, Biomedical Sciences A108, Honolulu, HI 96822-2223
Meta Information
Type of Product: Presentation or Lecture, Skills evaluation tool, Quiz, Reference material
Format: Graphic presentations/Images, Reading material, Audio
Languages: English
Categories: Biological Agents, Preparedness Evaluation / Risk Assessment, General Care
Keywords: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, biological agents, bioterrorism, bioweapon, emerging infectious disease, Lassa, Marburg, Ebola, Yellow Fever, Ribavarin
Primary Audience: First Responder, Practicing health professional, Physician, Nurse, Pharmacist, Dentist, Behavorial and Mental health, Allied Health, Administrator
Target Capabiltities: Prevent: CBRNE Detection
Universal Task Listing: Prevent, Respond
Cognative Domain: Knowledge, Comprehension
Copyright Restrictions: Creative Commons - Attribution
Is Product...: Downloadable, Reusable, Accessible, Interoptable
Learning Management System Compatability: None
URL:http://www.emprints.hawaii.edu
Added: Tue May 29 22:43:51 -0400 2007
Last Updated: Wed Jul 15 19:07:28 -0400 2009