American doctor in Africa tests positive for Ebola

BOONE, N.C. – An American doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, an aid organization said Saturday.

North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse issued a news release saying that Dr. Kent Brantly tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Brantly had been serving as medical director for the aid organization’s case management center in the city. The organization’s website says he is a family practice physician from Fort Worth, Texas.

Brantly began serving in Africa as part of a post-residency program before the Ebola outbreak began.

The deadly disease has already killed 672 in several countries since the outbreak began earlier this year.