2014 Ebola virus cases in the United States facts for kids
On September 30, 2014, the first case of Ebola virus disease was diagnosed in the United States. It came from a 42-year-old Liberian national, Thomas Eric Duncan. Even before Duncan's diagnosis, three Americans had been medically evacuated from Africa and treated in the United States for Ebola virus disease. This was during the current Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. Two were treated at Emory University Hospital's isolation unit and one at Nebraska Medical Center.
About Thomas Eric Duncan
Duncan, who came from Liberia, had been visiting family in Dallas, Texas. He was treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. By October 4, his condition had deteriorated from "serious but stable" to "critical". On October 4, Duncan started receiving the experimental drug brincidofovir, but remained in critical condition. On October 8, Duncan died of Ebola virus disease.
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Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where Duncan was treated
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President Obama hugs Nina Pham at the White House after her treatment at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
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An Aeromedical Biological Containment System (ABCS), the same model used to transport both Nina Pham and Amber Vinson to isolation units
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The 25-bed Monrovia Medical Unit was constructed for health care workers supporting Operation United Assistance.
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Ebola screening of a passenger who arrived from Sierra Leone at Chicago's O'Hare airport
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Interior of the isolation tent used by University Hospital in New Jersey to quarantine Kaci Hickox
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Corridor of NIH Special Clinical Studies Unit, a specialized biocontainment unit. The negative-pressure anterooms on the left lead to negative-pressure patient rooms (not shown in the picture).
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