Clinical care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the United States.

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Published in N Engl J Med on November 12, 2014

Authors

G Marshall Lyon1, Aneesh K Mehta, Jay B Varkey, Kent Brantly, Lance Plyler, Anita K McElroy, Colleen S Kraft, Jonathan S Towner, Christina Spiropoulou, Ute Ströher, Timothy M Uyeki, Bruce S Ribner, Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit

Author Affiliations

1: From the Departments of Medicine (G.M.L., A.K. Mehta, J.B.V., C.S.K., B.S.R.), Pathology (C.S.K.), and Pediatrics (A.K. McElroy), Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (A.K. McElroy, J.S.T., C.S., U.S., T.M.U.) - both in Atlanta; and Samaritan's Purse, Boone, NC (K.B., L.P.).

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