American missionary with Ebola in serious condition ahead of US return

By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - The second American aid worker who contracted the deadly Ebola virus while helping fight the disease in West Africa is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday, a relief organization said. Missionary Nancy Writebol, 59, will fly on a medical aircraft from Liberia to Atlanta to be treated by infectious disease specialists in a special isolation ward at Emory University Hospital, according to Christian mission group SIM USA. The specialists on Saturday began treating 33-year-old American doctor Kent Brantly, who also returned home after being stricken with Ebola during the emergency response to the worst outbreak on record of the hemorrhagic virus, which has killed more than 700 people since February. Writebol and Brantly, who served on a joint team run by Christian aid groups SIM USA and Samaritan's Purse, are believed to be the first Ebola patients ever treated in the United States.



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