Ebola hemorrhagic fever is caused by a virus. It is a severe and often fatal disease. It can affect humans and other primates. Researchers believe that the virus first spreads from an infected animal to a human. It can then spread from human to human through direct contact with a patient's blood or secretions (MedlinePlus at the National Library of Medicine). It was first described in West Africa in 1976, near the Ebola River (CDC chronology).
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Ebola updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is the primary online communication channel for the CDC, built to "provide users with credible, reliable health information".
Ebola (Global Alert and Response) from the World Health Organization. This is the health organization of the United Nations. Great for news, overviews and statistics on global public health issues.
Doctors Without Borders on treating Ebola in West Africa.
CUNY preparations for Ebola.
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Ebola and Marburg Virus by
TOC: 1: A Modern Plague; 2: Marburg Virus Emerges; 3: Ebola in Africa and Beyond; 4: General Characteristics of the Viruses; 5: Ecology of the Viruses; 6: Methods of Detection and Treatment; 7: Developing a Vaccine; 8: Other Hemorrhagic Fevers; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Further Resources;
Outbreak Culture: the Ebola crisis and the next epidemic by
Print format. An award-winning genetic researcher who helped contain the Ebola outbreak and a prize-winning journalist reveal what it will take to prevent the next pandemic from spiraling out of control. As we saw with our response to Ebola and Zika--and are seeing now with the disastrous early handling of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak--a lack of preparedness, delays in action, and large-scale system-wide problems with the distribution of critical medical resources can result in lost lives. Outbreak Culture examines each phase of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa--one of the largest and deadliest epidemics to date--and identifies factors that prevented key information from reaching physicians. Drawing insights from clinical workers, data collectors, organizational experts, and public health researchers, Pardis Sabeti and Lara Salahi expose a fractured system that failed to gather and share knowledge of the virus and ensure timely containment. The authors describe how much more could have been done by global medical and political organizations to safeguard the well-being of caregivers, patients, and communities affected by this devastating outbreak and they outline changes that are urgently needed to ensure a more effective coordinated response to the next epidemic. Secrecy, competition, and poor coordination plague nearly every major public health crisis--and we are seeing their deadly consequences play out again. A work of fearless integrity and unassailable authority, Outbreak Culture seeks to change the culture of responders.
The academic journal Science (AAAS) has a special section covering the 2014-2015 outbreaks including news and research articles.
The academic journal Nature has a special section on the 2015 outbreaks too here or here if you are outside John Jay.
The New England Journal of Medicine special section is here or here.
Local media coverage of the Ebola outbreak and response can be found in West African news sources, listed here. and All- Africa sources . Front Page Africa , is an investigative online news magazine focusing on Liberian news.