When two US aid workers sick with Ebola arrive in Atlanta from Africa, they will be whisked into one of the most sophisticated hospital isolation units in the country.
Dr Kent Brantly of Texas and Nancy Writebol, a missionary from North Carolina, contracted Ebola while responding to the outbreak in Liberia. On Friday Emory University hospital said the patients remained in serious condition, but both were 'safe to transport'.
One of the Americans is due to arrive at the unit at Emory University hospital on Saturday. The second is expected to arrive a few days later for treatment. It will be the first time anyone infected with Ebola is brought into the country. US officials are confident they can be treated without putting the public in any danger.
Liberia is one of the three West African countries coping with the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
In the four decades since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, treatment has not changed much. There are no licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease.
Some are being developed, but none have been rigorously tested in humans. One experimental treatment was tried this week on one of the American aid workers sick with Ebola, according to the US-based group that she works for in Liberia.
Without a specific treatment, doctors and nurses focus on easing the disease's symptoms - fever, headache, vomiting and diarrhoea - and on keeping patients hydrated and comfortable.
The outbreak in three West African countries - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - has sickened more than 1,300 people and more than 700 have died since March.
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