Two Americans, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, contracted the Ebola virus while doing volunteer work in Liberia.
An ambulance carrying Dr. Kent Brantly, an American physician who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, departs Dobbins Air Reserve Base outside Atlanta headed for Emory University Hospital, where Brantly will be treated in an isolation unit. (John Bazemore / Associated Press)
An ambulance transporting Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly arrives at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. (Erik S. Lesser / EPA)
A banner warning Liberians about the Ebola virus stretches over a street in Monrovia. (Abbas Dulleh / Associated Press)
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Liberian nurses in protective clothing prepare bodies of Ebola victims for burial in Monrovia, Liberia, on Friday. (Ahmed Jallanzo / EPA)