 Education
and Prevention Materials
A number of education
materials on viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are available on this SPB
web page.
Please be aware that
many of files are quite large. Downloading time will depend upon the speed
of your connection to the Internet as well as the load on our server.
If you are looking
for more information, our Other Resources
page links you to several excellent manuals and prevention guides produced
by other organizations and other online resources.
"Facts
About Hantavirus" Brochure
Download an Adobe Acrobat Reader format (PDF) version of the "Facts
About Hantavirus" brochure. This brochure provides detailed information
for prevention of hantavirus in and around your home.
Campers
and Hikers Brochure
Download an Adobe Acrobat Reader format (PDF) version of the "Prevent
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome"
Campers and Hikers brochure. This brochure provides recommended prevention
information for outdoor activities.
Epidemiology
of HPS Slideset (links to CDC "All About Hantavirus"
website)
View and print regularly updated slides covering the distribution of HPS
cases by state, general patient demographics, and the distribution of
the rodent reservoir hosts.
Hantavirus
Rodent Carriers Images
A selection of images suitable for insertion into brochures, posters,
and other prevention materials. Images include drawings and photos
of both New World and Old World hantavirus rodent carriers. Images
are in bitmap or .tif format, and are suitable for printing.
"Hantavirus
Pulmonary Syndrome-United States: Updated Recommendations for Risk Reduction"
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 26, 2002/Vol. 51/No.
RR-9
This report provides updated recommendations for prevention and control
of hantavirus infections associated with rodents in the United States.
It supersedes the previous report (CDC. Hantavirus infection---southwestern
United States: interim recommendations for risk reduction. MMWR 1993;42[No.
RR-11]:1--13). These recommendations are based on principles of rodent
and infection control, and accumulating evidence that most infections
result from exposure, in closed spaces, to active infestations of infected
rodents. The recommendations contain updated specific measures and precautions
for limiting household, recreational, and occupational exposure to rodents,
eliminating rodent infestations, rodent-proofing human dwellings, cleaning
up rodent-contaminated areas and dead rodents, and working in homes of
persons with confirmed hantavirus infection or buildings with heavy rodent
infestations.
 Adobe
Acrobat Reader format (PDF) version
"Hantavirus
Infection — Southwestern United States: Interim Recommendations for
Risk Reduction" (links to CDC MMWR website)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 30, 1993/Vol. 42/No.
RR-11
This report provides interim recommendations for prevention and control
of hantavirus infections associated with rodents in the southwestern United
States. It is based on principles of rodent and infection control and
contains specific recommendations for reducing rodent shelter and food
sources in and around the home, recommendations for eliminating rodents
inside the home and preventing them from entering the home, precautions
for preventing hantavirus infection while rodent-contaminated areas are
being cleaned up, prevention measures for persons who have occupational
exposure to wild rodents, and precautions for campers and hikers.
 Adobe
Acrobat Reader format (PDF) version
"The
Prevention of Hantavirus Disease" / "La Prevencion del Hantavirus"
hand-out card (links to CDC "All About Hantavirus" website)
The 3.3" x 11" card is meant for use in hantavirus pulmonary
syndrome prevention efforts. It consists of several simply written tips
in English and Spanish, accompanied by illustrations of rodent-proofing
and rodent infestation cleanup methods. It is available in two versions:
as two web images and as two 300 dpi .tif images that can be sent to a
quick printer for production.
Preventing
Hantavirus Disease- Video Clips
Here you'll find a multimedia web version of a 1994 videotape discussing
the nature of HPS and its prevention. Tons of web-ready pictures, sound
and video clips! However, you'll need a fast computer connection to make
downloading efficient. Produced for a general audience.
Hantavirus
Pulmonary Syndrome Teaching Slideset (links to CDC "All About
Hantavirus" website)
This slideset focuses on hantavirus pulmonary syndrome as it is found
in the United States. Subjects covered include the following: general
information on hantaviruses, phylogeny, transmission, clinical presentation,
course, diagnosis, disease management, histopathology, epidemiology, prevention,
and surveillance measures.
"Laboratory
Management of Agents Associated with Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Interim
Biosafety Guidelines" (links to CDC MMWR website)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 13, 1994/Vol. 43/No.
RR-7
This report provides interim biosafety guidelines for preventing
laboratory-associated infections with agents that cause hantavirus pulmonary
syndrome. The guidelines are based on extensive laboratory experience
with the other hantaviruses—particularly work involving the use of
permissive host animal species—and on the limited experience with
a hantavirus recently isolated from deer mice. The guidelines address
handling patient-derived specimens, propagating viruses in culture (including
viral concentrate preparations), and housing and handling infected animals.
These recommendations were developed with the assistance of expert consultants
during a meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
Subcommittee on Arbovirus Laboratory Safety, November 2, 1993, in Atlanta.
Adobe
Acrobat Reader format (PDF) version
Methods
for Trapping and Sampling Small Mammals for Virologic Testing
This manual is intended as a guide for those persons performing ecologic
and epidemiologic studies involving populations of rodents which are potentially
infected with hantavirus. This manual is also available in Spanish
on the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) website.
Prevention
and Information Materials Available Via Mail
SPB offers a whole series of materials designed for hantavirus
prevention, from videos to brochures, and posters. In
addition, some of the HPS-related materials described above and available
online can also be ordered by mail.
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"Infection
Control for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers In the African Health Care Setting"
This reference manual, developed collaboratively by CDC and the World
Health Organization, helps African health facilities make advance preparations
for responding with appropriate precautions when a VHF case is suspected,
and serves as a rapid reference when a VHF case appears at a health facility
where no previous VHF preparations have been made. The precautions described
make use of materials such as household bleach, plastic buckets, locally
available cloth and ordinary cake soap, that are available even in remote
areas. The many illustrations, straightforward, step-by-step instructions
and aids help make the manual easy to use. Although the manual is targeted
for African healthcare settings, the basic VHF control and barrier nursing
information can be useful for other settings. The manual is also available
in French and Portuguese.
Lassa
Fever Online Slideset
This slide set covers general facts, transmission, prevention and
control of Lassa fever. Geared towards public health, medical, or educational
use.
"Lassa"
Online Video
View our video documentary about Lassa fever online! This documentary
outlines the nature of the disease, shows the tragedy it causes, and tells
the unfolding story of the epidemiology, natural history, and control
of Lassa fever through the work of the Lassa Fever Project set up by CDC
in 1976. (Note: For more information on Lassa fever, check our fact
sheet.)
"Información sobre los Hantavirus: Lo que Usted Debe Saber para Prevenir la Enfermedad del Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus" Brochure
Download an Adobe Acrobat Reader format (PDF) version of the "Información sobre los Hantavirus: Lo que Usted Debe Saber para Prevenir la Enfermedad del Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus" brochure. This Spanish brochure provides detailed information for prevention of hantavirus in and around your home.
Prevention
and Information Materials Available Via Mail
The
branch offers a limited selection of materials covering viral hemorrhagic
fevers. Some of the disease materials described
above and available online can also be ordered by mail.
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