page_title: Ebola virus cases in the United States
section_title: Operation United Assistance
hierarchical_section_title: Ebola virus cases in the United States / Containment efforts / Operation United Assistance
caption_attribution_description: English: Construction continues on the Monrovia Medical Unit. The 25-bed hospital will provide medical care to healthcare workers supporting Operation United Assistance. The U.S. Agency for International Development is the lead U.S. Government organization for Operation United Assistance. U.S. Africa Command is supporting the effort by providing command and control, logistics, training and engineering assets to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Army Africa by Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffery T. Stitzel)
context_page_description: Four laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease occurred in the United States in 2014. Eleven cases were reported, including these four cases and seven cases medically evacuated from other countries. The first was reported in September 2014. 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.
  On September 30, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that Thomas Eric Duncan, a reportedly 42-year-old Liberian national visiting the United States from Liberia, had been diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, Texas.
  Duncan, who had been visiting family in Dallas, was treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. By October 4, Duncan's condition had deteriorated from "serious but stable" to "critical". On October 8, Duncan died of Ebola. 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.
context_section_description: The U.S. military released plans to send up to 4,000 troops to West Africa to establish treatment centers starting September 29. The troops are tasked with building modular hospitals known as Expeditionary Medical Support Systems (EMEDS). Plans included building a 25-bed hospital for health care workers and 17 treatment centers with 100 beds each in Liberia. By the end of September 2014 150 military personnel were helping USAID in the capital, Monrovia.
  U.S. Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno ordered on October 27 a 21-day quarantine of all soldiers returning from Operation United Assistance. Up to 12 soldiers have been quarantined so far in a U.S. base in Italy.
caption: The 25-bed Monrovia Medical Unit was constructed for health care workers supporting Operation United Assistance.
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