The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday confirmed the United States' first case of the deadly Ebola Virus.
The virus is currently wreaking havoc in sections of West Africa.
According to reports, the male Ebola patient is currently in isolation at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
It was revealed that the man entered the U.S. on September 19 to visit family after travelling from Liberia, he reportedly took sick a few days later and has been in isolation at the hospital since Sunday.
Deadly virus
The Ebola epidemic was discovered earlier this year and allegedly started in the West African country of Guinea. The deadly virus has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal.
According to the World Health Organisation, (WHO) Ebola symptoms can include fever, muscle pains, vomiting, internal and external bleeding and can appear as long as 21 days after exposure to the virus.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, also stated that the virus is spread through direct contact with an infected person, through either bodily fluids, objects such as needles that have been contaminated with the disease and infected animals.
The epidemic has so far killed over 3000 people in West Africa.
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