CDC monitoring Americans after potential Ebola exposure in West Africa

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to monitor potential Ebola exposure among several American citizens following the identification of an American volunteer health care worker who tested positive for the virus.  That person was admitted to the NIH Clinical Center on March 13 for care and treatment.

CDC and the State Department are working to return to the United States an unspecified number of American citizens who were potential exposed to the index patient, None have tested positive for Ebola virus disease so far. These individuals will be monitored near the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the National Institutes of Health, or Emory University Hospital.

For more information, visit the CDC website.