Deadly Infections
Highly Pathogenic Organisms
Infectious diseases can be found everywhere, and NCEZID is engaged in preventing, tracking, detecting, and responding to outbreaks of infectious disease throughout the United States and the world. The links below reference stories and updates about our work from 2011 to the present to protect people from the threat of deadly infections like Ebola, plague, and anthrax. These are also known as “high-consequence pathogens.”
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Overview of NCEZID’s work on deadly infections
- The next 5 years [PDF – page 15] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
- Supporting the prevention of infectious disease by focusing on highly pathogenic organisms [PDF – page 78] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
Stories that spotlight antimicrobial deadly infections
Anthrax
- Hungry, hungry hippos [PDF – page 54] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- A medical victory remains a medical mystery [PDF – page 34] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
Botulism
- Responding to a deadly outbreak of botulism in Ohio [PDF – page 2] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
- Botulism in Ethiopia [PDF – page 4] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
Ebola
- Post-Ebola infection control work in Africa[PDF – page 17 of 20] Top 10 NCEZID Accomplishments 2016
- Ebola[PDF – page 18] Top 10 NCEZID Accomplishments 2016
- Labs in the time of Ebola [PDF – page 2] Innovative Technology 2015
- New vaccines to reduce an age-old scourge [PDF – page 4] Innovative Technology 2015
- NCEZID and the Ebola response: Closing in on zero [PDF – page 8] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
- NCEZID working in the Ebola response: Bo Lab, Sierra Leone [PDF – page 9] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
- NCEZID in action: Responding to Ebola [PDF – page 6] Work & Accomplishments 2014
- Mary Joung Won Choi: Building infection control in Guinea from the ground up [PDF – page 6] Work & Accomplishments 2014
- Abbigail Tumpey: Training our nation’s healthcare workers to fight Ebola [PDF – page 7] Work & Accomplishments
- Tiffany Walker: Keeping heroes safe in Sierra Leone [PDF – page 7] Work & Accomplishments
- Responding to global outbreaks [PDF – page 6] Accomplishments 2013
- Using disease prevention know-how to reduce deadly Ebola [PDF – page 42] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
Plague
- A rapid, inexpensive, point-of-care bedside diagnostic ‘dipstick’ test for plague [PDF – page 1] Innovative Technology 2015
- An unexplained spike in an old disease [PDF – page 6] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
- The plague dipstick–bringing the laboratory to the bedside [PDF – page 25] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- Bigger than a bread box–a win-win solution for curbing plague in Uganda [PDF – page 55] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
Poxviruses
- Monkeypox in the Republic of Congo [PDF – page 4] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
- An improved test for poxviruses [PDF – page 13] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
- Monkeypox investigation uses new technology [PDF – page 3] Work & Accomplishments 2013
- Identifying a new poxvirus [PDF – page 6] Work & Accomplishments 2013
- A point-of-care assay to diagnose monkeypox and orthopoxviruses in Africa [PDF – page 7] Innovative Technologies 2013
- Bizarre bits (small pox) [PDF – page 81] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
Rabies
- Rabies [PDF – page 19 of 20] Top 10 NCEZID Accomplishments 2016
- Keeping rabies on our radar [PDF – page 13] Innovative Technologies 2013
- Sharing expertise to eliminate rabies abroad [PDF – page 37] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- Less is more–new hope for a neglected disease [PDF – page 53] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- Zebras can have more than stripes [PDF – page 80] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
Other deadly infections
- Responding to an outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Niger [PDF – page 17 of 20] Top 10 NCEZID Accomplishments 2016
- Hantavirus [PDF – page 19 of 20] Top 10 NCEZID Accomplishments 2016
- Beware of disease–that can attack your dog! (leptospirosis) [PDF – page 79] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- A recombinant vaccine against Rift Valley fever virus for use in livestock [PDF – page 6] Innovative Technologies 2013
Laboratory
- Responding to a deadly outbreak of botulism in Ohio [PDF – page 2] NCEZID Accomplishments 2015
- Monkeypox investigation uses new technology [PDF – page 3] Work & Accomplishments 2014
- A point-of-care assay to diagnose monkeypox and orthopoxviruses in Africa [PDF – page 7] Innovative Technologies 2013
- A new diagnostic test for rabies that requires no specialized equipment or refrigeration, and allows a diagnosis to be made in less than 1 hour [PDF – page 2] Innovative Technologies 2013
- A rapid, inexpensive, point-of-care bedside diagnostic ‘dipstick’ test for plague [PDF – page 1] Innovative Technologies 2013
- The plague dipstick–bringing the laboratory to the bedside [PDF – page 25] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- A powerful network of laboratories to detect and respond to threats (Laboratory Response Network) [PDF – page 31] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- Improving health for Kenya’s refugees by building laboratory capacity [PDF – page 38] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- A new strategy to reduce deaths due to Cryptococcus [PDF – page 41] Our Work, Our Stories 2011–2012
- Page last reviewed: August 31, 2017
- Page last updated: August 31, 2017
- Content source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)