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An American healthcare worker who has tested positive for Ebola is set to be transported from Sierra Leone back to the United States for treatment at the National Institutes of Health.
The affected individual will be traveling in a chartered aircraft in isolation and is set to be admitted to the NIH's Clinical Center for treatment on Friday, according to the health agencyNina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a Liberian patient in Dallas, but is now virus-free, was also treated at the center in Bethesda, Maryland
Isolation is key for Ebola treatment as the deadly disease — more than 10,000 have been killed during the most recent outbreak in West Africa — is transmitted through human-to-human interaction. The clinical center has high-level isolation capabilities and specialists skilled in infectious diseases and critical care, according to the NIH. No identifying information about the new patient has been released. Read more...
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