Useful sources of information on Ebola virus

For me, a go-to source for medical information is Wikipedia. In general, the information there on medical topics is accurate and reliable, and there are references for more in-depth investigations. I have used Wikipedia to learn about Ebola virus (EV) and Ebola virus disease (EVD). Indeed, The New York Times reports that many people have visited Wikipedia for Ebola information:

"Wikipedia? The online encyclopedia’s Ebola Virus Disease article has had 17 million page views in the last month, right up there with the C.D.C.’s Ebola portal and the W.H.O.’s Ebola fact sheet, as well as the Ebola coverage of prominent health care brands like WebMD and the Mayo Clinic. Once the butt of jokes for being the site where visitors could find anything, true or not, Wikipedia in recent years has become a more trusted source of information — certainly for settling bar bets, but even for weighty topics like Ebola."

My strategy is to go to Wikipedia for a general overview, and then pursue more detailed information at the more specialized medical websites (e.g. CDC, WebMD and Mayo Clinic).

There is a lot of valuable information about EV and EVD on the Interwebs, and I have listed some useful websites (in addition to Wikipedia):

1. CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/)

2. WHO (http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/)

3. New York Times (link1, link2)

4. Vox (http://www.vox.com/ebola)

5. Science Magazine (http://www.sciencemag.org/site/extra/ebola/)

6. WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ebola-fever-virus-infection)

7. Visual guide to Ebola (http://www.goinvo.com/features/ebola/#section1)

The last website uses a more graphic way of presenting a wide-range of information. I will update these links with other helpful sites on Ebola virus disease as I come across them.

Figure 1. Where I spend much of my time online.