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Ebola virus cases in the United States

This article is about Ebola virus cases in the United States starting in 2014. For the 2013-2016 outbreak in Africa, see Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. For the U.S. discovery of a different species of the Ebolavirus genus in 1989, see Reston virus.

Ebola virus disease in the U.S.
Map of Ebola cases and infrastructure throughout the U.S.
Cases contracted in the U.S.2
Cases first diagnosed in U.S.4[note 1]
Cases evacuated to U.S. from other countries7[1]
Total cases11[note 2]
Deaths2[2]
Recoveries from Ebola9[note 2]
Active cases0

Four laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") occurred in the United States in 2014.[3] Eleven cases were reported, including these four cases and seven cases medically evacuated from other countries.[4] The first was reported in September 2014.[5] Nine of the people contracted the disease outside the US and traveled into the country, either as regular airline passengers or as medical evacuees; of those nine, two died. Two people contracted Ebola in the United States. Both were nurses who treated an Ebola patient; both recovered.[4]

On September 30, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that Thomas Eric Duncan, a 45-year-old Liberian national visiting the United States from Liberia, had been diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, Texas.[6][7] Duncan, who had been visiting family in Dallas, was treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.[8][9] By October 4, his condition had deteriorated from "serious but stable" to "critical".[10] On October 8, he died of Ebola.[11] The other three cases diagnosed in the United States as of October 2014 were:

  • October 11, 2014, a nurse, Nina Pham, who had provided care to Duncan at the hospital.[12]
  • October 14, 2014, Amber Joy Vinson, another nurse who treated Duncan.[13]
  • October 23, 2014, physician Craig Spencer, diagnosed in New York City; he had just returned from working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, a country in West Africa.[14] He was treated at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.[15]

Hundreds of people were tested or monitored for potential Ebola virus infection,[16] but the two nurses were the only confirmed cases of locally transmitted Ebola. Public health experts and the Obama administration opposed instituting a travel ban on Ebola endemic areas, stating that it would be ineffective and would paradoxically worsen the situation.[17]

No one who contracted Ebola while in the United States died from it. No new cases were diagnosed in the United States after Spencer was released from Bellevue Hospital on November 11, 2014.[18]


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  1. ^ "Who are the American Ebola patients?", CNN, October 6, 2014
  2. ^ "Ebola-Stricken Surgeon Martin Salia Died Despite ZMapp, Plasma Transfusion". ABC News. November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 Ebola Outbreak – Case Count". CDC. December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. March 8, 2019. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "First diagnosed case of Ebola in the U.S." CNN. September 30, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  6. ^ CDC confirms first ever Ebola case in United States, cdc.gov; accessed October 9, 2014.
  7. ^ Fernandez, Manny; Philipps, Dave (October 9, 2014). "Death of Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas Fuels Alarm Over Ebola". The New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  8. ^ Fernandez, Manny; Onishi, Norimitsu (October 1, 2014). "U.S. Patient Aided Ebola Victim in Liberia". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Thomas Eric Duncan: From healthy to Ebola". WYFF4. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  10. ^ "First US Ebola case Thomas Duncan 'critical'". BBC News. October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  11. ^ "Texas Ebola patient dies". CNN. October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
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  13. ^ "Ebola outbreak: Second Texas health worker 'tests positive'". BBC News. October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference nbc-spencer 20141023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Santora, Marc (October 23, 2014). "Doctor in New York City Is Sick With Ebola". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  16. ^ Dan Diamond (October 20, 2014). "Maps: Who's Been Exposed To Ebola In The U.S. And Where They're Being Treated". Forbes. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  17. ^ Mouawad, Jad (October 17, 2014). "Experts Oppose Ebola Travel Ban, Saying It Would Cut Off Worst-Hit Countries". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  18. ^ "NYC doctor heads home, Ebola free". www.cbsnews.com. November 11, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
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