--- title: Ebola Patient En Route to U.S. for Treatment description: The State Department is working to evacuate another canonical: https://time.com/3074117/ebola-patient-emory-liberia-kent-brantly/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-02T15:05:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:59.181Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Patient En Route to U.S. for Treatment og:description: The State Department is working to evacuate another og:url: https://time.com/3074117/ebola-patient-emory-liberia-kent-brantly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7407df262396fa/69869e3a06f2c16d643302cc/h_51504975.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: American Ebola patient returns to US from Liberia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola Patient En Route to U.S. for Treatment twitter:description: The State Department is working to evacuate another twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7407df262396fa/69869e3a06f2c16d643302cc/h_51504975.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ebola Patient Arrives in U.S. for Treatment > Sponsored content. 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A look at the numbers behind the largest ebola outbreak on record, which has killed 670 people thus far._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 2, 2014 3:05 PM UTC  An ambulance transporting Dr. Kent Brantly, who is infected with the Ebola virus, arrives at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 2, 2014. An ambulance transporting Dr. Kent Brantly, who is infected with the Ebola virus, arrives at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 2, 2014. Erik S. Lesser—EPA  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 2, 2014 3:05 PM UTC _Updated 12:22 p.m. ET_ An American doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus while working with a charity in Liberia [has arrived in the U.S.](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-aid-workers-headed-atlanta-ebola-care-0) for treatment, a United States Air Force spokesman said Saturday. Dr. Kent Brantly, the first Ebola patient to be transported to the U.S., arrived at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta shortly after landing, the Associated Press reports. Brantly is in serious condition. Emory and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have designed an isolation unit to treat Brantly, whose plane was also specially modified for his condition. The State Department is currently trying to evacuate another American Ebola patient in Liberia, Nancy Writebol, a missionary who is in stable condition, according to the Christian organization that works with her. The recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has infected more than 1,300 people and killed 729, the CDC reports. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-aid-workers-headed-atlanta-ebola-care-0)_/_[_NBC_](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-patient-dr-kent-brantly-flight-liberia-atlanta-n171176)[\]](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-patient-dr-kent-brantly-flight-liberia-atlanta-n171176) ## Transcript The Ebola virus is highly contagious and one of the deadliest viruses in the world. A current outbreak is raging in the three West African states of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. The outbreak, which has killed over 670. People is the largest Ebola outbreak on record. It won't be considered over until no new confirmed cases appear for 42 days. There have been at least 1, 093 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola in the current outbreak. Humans contract the virus from infected animals or other humans through contact with bodily fluids. Typically, the virus kills around 90 % of those who are infected. But thanks to early treatment, the number has dropped to 60 % in the current outbreak. Because it can take between 2 and 21 days for symptoms to show, health officials suggest keeping a 21 day fever watch. In addition to fever, other symptoms are headaches, joint pain, lack of appetite, difficulty breathing, and sore throat. In later stages, Ebola causes diarrhea, vomiting, and internal bleeding. Though it's been almost 40 years since the disease was first discovered in 1976, the grim reality is that there are currently no cures or effective treatments for the virus. 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