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| American health-care worker with Ebola virus arrives at NIH Bethesda | American health-care worker with Ebola virus arrives at NIH Bethesda |
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| The National Institutes of Health said Friday that an American health-care worker who tested positive for the Ebola virus while volunteering at a treatment unit in Sierra Leone has arrived safely at its Bethesda campus. | The National Institutes of Health said Friday that an American health-care worker who tested positive for the Ebola virus while volunteering at a treatment unit in Sierra Leone has arrived safely at its Bethesda campus. |
| This is the second time an American has contracted Ebola and been treated at a specially designed clinic at the NIH facility in Montgomery County. | This is the second time an American has contracted Ebola and been treated at a specially designed clinic at the NIH facility in Montgomery County. |
| In a statement issued Friday, NIH officials said the person was “transferred from Sierra Leone via private charter medevac in isolation” and admitted to the NIH Clinical Center at 4:44 a.m. | |
| The person’s name has not been released and no other information about the person has been revealed. In the Friday statement, NIH officials said the person’s condition is serious. | The person’s name has not been released and no other information about the person has been revealed. In the Friday statement, NIH officials said the person’s condition is serious. |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday afternoon that another American citizen who “had potential exposure” to the NIH patient was being brought by charter to the Atlanta area so that he or she could be close to Emory hospital. The person has not been diagnosed with Ebola and has shown no symptoms, but will go into isolation for 21 days—the incubation period of the Ebola virus—and will be monitored during that time. | |
| The CDC said it is also tracing contacts of the NIH patient in Sierra Leone. These include several other American citizens who might have been exposed. Contingency plans are being made to bring them home “by non-commercial transport” in case they prove to be infected, the CDC said. They also will isolate themselves for 21 days and be monitored over that time. | |
| The Special Clinical Studies Unit at NIH is designed to deal with infectious diseases. One other Ebola patient — Dallas nurse Nina Pham, who became the first person to get the disease on U.S. soil — was treated there. Pham got the disease while treating a patient. | The Special Clinical Studies Unit at NIH is designed to deal with infectious diseases. One other Ebola patient — Dallas nurse Nina Pham, who became the first person to get the disease on U.S. soil — was treated there. Pham got the disease while treating a patient. |
| The special unit at NIH has also admitted two other people who were exposed to the virus but did not get the disease. | The special unit at NIH has also admitted two other people who were exposed to the virus but did not get the disease. |
| The outbreak in West Africa has faded in recent months, but in the past week, Sierra Leone had registered a spike in new cases, the Associated Press reported. | The outbreak in West Africa has faded in recent months, but in the past week, Sierra Leone had registered a spike in new cases, the Associated Press reported. |
| Julie Zauzmer contributed to this report. | Julie Zauzmer contributed to this report. |