Tuesday, October 14, 2014
An electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle showing the characteristic filamentous structure of a Filoviridae. The viral filaments can appear in images in various shapes, including a “u,” “6,” coil, or branched, resulting in pleomorphic particles. Image from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Image Library, number 1833.
Since the first outbreak of Ebola in western Africa and the subsequent cases in the United States, a lot of information has been circulating about the virus. To keep NCI at Frederick employees informed, the Poster staff has compiled the following list of reputable websites that provide accurate and up-to-date information about Ebola:
Global
- World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/ - U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/ebola - UCSC Ebola Genome Portal
http://genome.ucsc.edu/ebolaPortal/
National
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/ - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/ebolaMarburg/research/Pages/default.aspx
Local
- Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
http://dhmh.maryland.gov/newsroom1/Pages/DHMH-protocols,-partnerships-help-guard-Maryland%E2%80%99s-public-health.aspx - Frederick County Health Department
http://www.frederickcountymd.gov/index.aspx?nid=2569