WaPo | But before an Ebola case was confirmed in Dallas this week, there had not been a single Ebola diagnosis in the United States.
Potential Ebola patients who were evaluated in New York, California, New Mexico and Miami all tested negative for the virus.
People with Ebola are not contagious until they begin showing
symptoms, which include a fever of greater than 101.5 degrees
Fahrenheit, severe headache and vomiting. And you can only get Ebola
through contact with a contagious person's bodily fluids.
Several
Ebola patients have been transported from West Africa to the United
States, including three Americans who were in Liberia — doctors Richard
Sacra and Kent Brantly and missionary worker Nancy Writebol — who have
already been discharged after they were successfully treated here. A
Liberian American, Patrick Sawyer, fell ill after traveling to Nigeria
and died of the disease.
The NIH in Bethesda recently admitted an American patient who had been exposed to Ebola.
On Thursday night, NBC News announced that a freelance cameraman working for the network in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will return to the United States for treatment.
In
Maryland, all health providers and labs are required to report
suspected Ebola cases to the state Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene immediately, said spokesman Christopher Garrett. The state
agency works with local health departments to ensure that proper
procedures, including isolation, are followed; information has been
distributed to hospitals, nursing homes, labs and other providers.
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