--- title: U.S. Citizen Tested for Ebola in Ghana description: U.S. Embassy is working to confirm case of deadly virus canonical: https://time.com/2963017/u-s-citizen-ebola-ghana/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-07T16:27:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:01:09.620Z article:section: Health og:title: U.S. Citizen is Being Tested for Ebola in Ghana og:description: U.S. Embassy is working to confirm case of deadly virus og:url: https://time.com/2963017/u-s-citizen-ebola-ghana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba04be12159af1f4/698686df36176003c390b122/169362573.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1651 og:image:height: 929 og:image:alt: 169362573 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S. Citizen is Being Tested for Ebola in Ghana twitter:description: U.S. Embassy is working to confirm case of deadly virus twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba04be12159af1f4/698686df36176003c390b122/169362573.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Report: U.S. Citizen Tested for Ebola in Ghana ## Video: History's Worst Ebola Outbreak [Watch (HLS stream): History's Worst Ebola Outbreak](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4t4OY2Yt.m3u8) (2:41)  _Published 2014-06-27. History's Worst Ebola Outbreak_ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 7, 2014 4:27 PM UTC  This scanning electron micrograph, SEM, depicts a number of Ebola virions. This scanning electron micrograph, SEM, depicts a number of Ebola virions.UIG/Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 7, 2014 4:27 PM UTC A U.S. citizen who traveled in regions of West Africa in the grip of an ebola virus outbreak is being tested for the disease in Ghana. “He is an American and records showed that he had been to Guinea and Sierra Leone in the past few weeks,” a senior health ministry official [told Reuters in an interview](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/07/us-health-ebola-ghana-idUSKBN0FC0ZF20140707?utm%5Fsource=twitter). The patient is reportedly quarantined in a clinic in the capital Accra and test results, which should be available later on Monday, are being examined at the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research. According to Reuters, the U.S. embassy in Ghana has been informed of the case and is working to confirm it. The ebola outbreak, which started in Guinea, has been [declared](http://time.com/2913079/doctors-without-borders-ebola/) “out of control” by the health group Doctors Without Borders, which is treating patients in Western Africa. Ebola causes fevers, vomiting, diarrhea and death, and has spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone and Liberia. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/07/us-health-ebola-ghana-idUSKBN0FC0ZF20140707?utm%5Fsource=twitter)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2963017/u-s-citizen-ebola-ghana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2963017/u-s-citizen-ebola-ghana/"},"headline":"Report: U.S. Citizen Tested for Ebola in Ghana","datePublished":"2014-07-07T16:27:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:01:09.620Z","description":"U.S. Embassy is working to confirm case of deadly virus","url":"https://time.com/2963017/u-s-citizen-ebola-ghana/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","Disease","Sierra Leone","Virus","ebola","Guinea","Liberia","West Africa"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba04be12159af1f4/698686df36176003c390b122/169362573.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba04be12159af1f4/698686df36176003c390b122/169362573.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"169362573","caption":"This scanning electron micrograph, SEM, depicts a number of Ebola virions.","creditText":"UIG/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2963017/u-s-citizen-ebola-ghana/","name":"Report: U.S. Citizen Tested for Ebola in Ghana"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"History's Worst Ebola Outbreak","description":"History's Worst Ebola Outbreak","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4t4OY2Yt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-27T19:51:11.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4t4OY2Yt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/2963017/u-s-citizen-ebola-ghana/","duration":"PT2M41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/2963017/u-s-citizen-ebola-ghana/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```