--- title: Ebola: Connecticut Quarantines 9 People for Possible Exposure description: Nine people in Connecticut who could have been exposed to Ebola have been ordered to stay home for 21 days canonical: https://time.com/3533431/connecticut-quarantines-9-possible-ebola-exposure/ author: Elizabeth Barber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-23T09:49:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:18.613Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Ebola: Connecticut Monitoring 9 People og:description: None of them are showing symptoms of illness, but are being monitored as a precautionary measure. og:url: https://time.com/3533431/connecticut-quarantines-9-possible-ebola-exposure/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd33de08efc3e1800/6987625e06f2c1d9c23318a0/h_515428113.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Electron micrograph of Ebola virus og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola: Connecticut Monitoring 9 People twitter:description: None of them are showing symptoms of illness, but are being monitored as a precautionary measure. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd33de08efc3e1800/6987625e06f2c1d9c23318a0/h_515428113.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Connecticut Quarantines 9 People for Possible Ebola Exposure ## Video: Contact Tracing: How To Trace The Spread of Ebola [Watch (HLS stream): Contact Tracing: How To Trace The Spread of Ebola](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EJ3m56cA.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2014-10-02. Health officials in the US are using a method known as contact tracing, to see who is at risk from Ebola._ by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Oct 23, 2014 9:49 AM CUT  epa04374858 An image provided on 28 August 2014 by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus budding from the surface of a Vero cell of an African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line. EPA/NIAID / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES epa04374858 An image provided on 28 August 2014 by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus budding from the surface of a Vero cell of an African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line. EPA/NIAID / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALESNIAID/EPA by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Oct 23, 2014 9:49 AM CUT Nine people in Connecticut who could have been exposed to Ebola have been ordered to [stay home](http://ctmirror.org/connecticut-quarantines-nine-under-ebola-protocols/ "undefined") for 21 days, the state’s Public Health Department said on Wednesday. The people being watched by state health authorities are not showing symptoms of illness, but are being monitored as a precautionary measure, the _Connecticut Mirror_ reports. The quarantined people include [three Yale University students](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/nyregion/9-in-connecticut-being-watched-for-symptoms-of-ebola.html?ref=us "undefined"), and all the others are from one family, the New York _Times_ says. The people also include recent visitors to West Africa. The home quarantines are the first use of the state’s toughened measures to keep Ebola at bay, after Governor Dannel Malloy declared a public-health emergency in the state and reserved the right to impose 21-day quarantines with twice daily temperature checks on at-risk individuals. U.S. political and health officials are seeking to contain Ebola through state-ordered quarantines, after two Dallas nurses who treated an Ebola patient contracted the disease and illustrated its potential to leapfrog through the U.S., if not controlled. A quarantine in Texas for dozens of people possibly exposed to Ebola ended this week with all declared virus-free. Federal health officials also said Wednesday that travelers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, who arrive in the U.S. through six states, will, as of next week, be ordered to communicate daily with health authorities for 21 days about their condition. \[[_The Connecticut Mirror_](http://ctmirror.org/connecticut-quarantines-nine-under-ebola-protocols/ "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_How Ebola Hysteria Could Help Contain Flu Season_](http://time.com/3525350/ebola-flu/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ### See The Tobacco Leaves That Could Cure Ebola  Tobacco plants are grown for six weeks in the Medicago greenhouse in Quebec City so their leaves are large enough to serve as a factory for making antibodies. The plants are not modified or genetically altered in any way during this time. Mathieu Belanger—Reuters  Researchers at Icon Genetics in Germany prepare the DNA coding for antibodies that can neutralize Ebola. These genes are inserted into a soil bacterium that easily infects the tobacco plant cells. Once in the cells, the gene is treated like any other plant gene and the plant starts churning out the antibodies. Sean Gallup—Getty Images  To infect the leaves with the antibody-containing bacteria, the plants are submerged in a water solution of the loaded bacteria. Plant cells have plenty of empty spaces filled with air, so a vacuum removes the air and the water, along with the bacteria and antibody genes, flow in. Mathieu Belanger—Reuters  The leaf at the bottom has not been treated. The leaf on top is now an antibody-making factory. The plant's normal machinery starts making the antibody as if it is a plant protein. Mathieu Belanger—Reuters  Researchers at Icon Genetics grind the leaves down to filter out the antibodies. Sean Gallup—Getty Images  Ultraviolet light reveals the clusters of cells that are busy making antibodies. One kg of leaves produces about 5g of antibodies, which is about a third of the dose required to treat an Ebola patient. 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