Ebola was first diagnosed in the United States
Almaty. October 1. Silkroadnews - Doctors of the American Organization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) diagnosed a first case of contracting a disease of Ebola virus (BVVE) in the United States, according to ITAR-TASS.
The head of the CDC, Thomas Frieden, said that the infected man is in a hospital in the American city of Dallas (Texas). He is being held in strict isolation. Earlier, he visited Liberia, where the epidemic continues. Does not specify whether he is a citizen of the United States. Frieden said that he arrived in the country "to visit relatives".
Frieden does not exclude that the sick could infect other people in the United States.
It is emphasized that this is the first case where the virus infection was diagnosed in a patient only after he returned to the United States territory. According to Frieden, before his departure from Liberia and immediately after his arrival in the United States a man felt good. Symptoms characteristic BVVE, appeared only a few days after his return.
Earlier in the United States have already been delivered for the treatment four doctors who worked in African countries and were infected by BVVE. However, in all these four cases, the American authorities were aware in advance that people are infected with the Ebola virus.