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Ebola: Information Sources

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With many thanks to Matt Holland, from the North West Ambulance Service Library & Knowledge Service, for compiling this list.

Related terms
Ebola virus disease,  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, Viral Haemorrhagic Fever, Viral Haemorrhagic Fever.

Guidelines
Ebola virus disease: clinical management and guidance. Links to all guidelines.

Management of Hazard Group 4 viral haemorrhagic fevers and similar human infectious diseases of high consequence

Viral haemorrhagic fevers risks assessment algorithm

Websites
UK Government
UK Government Response

Public Health England
Ebola
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

World Health Organisation [WHO]
Ebola Fact Sheet
Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers Topic Page
WHO Statement on the Meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee Regarding the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

Médecins Sans Frontières 
Ebola Emergency

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]
Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever

Research / Searches
To search Medline use MeSH Term Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola.
PubMed / PubMed Central latest research alert

Free to access online sources
Oxford University Press resources for Ebola World Health Emergency
PLOS One. An Open Access journal
(No User Name or Passwords required. Just click through to see the full text.)
PLOS One Ebola Virus
PLOS One Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
Thompson Reuters: Disease Briefing: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

News
BBC News: Ebola Outbreak. Special Report
Twitter Hashtag #ebola. This links to Twitter. Twitter may be blocked on some NHS networks.
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