Health officials work to contain Ebola virus in US

By Lauran Neergaard

Published October 3, 2014 6:21pm ET

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Health officials work to contain Ebola virus in US — This 2011 photo provided by Wilmot Chayee shows Thomas Eric Duncan at a wedding in Ghana. Duncan, who became the first patient diagnosed in the U.S with Ebola, has been kept in isolation at a hospital since Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. He was listed in serious but stable condition. (AP Photo/Wilmot Chayee) | Wilmot Chayee

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas health officials have confined four people to their home, under guard, after they had close contact with an Ebola patient hospitalized in Dallas, as disease detectives work to make sure the deadly virus doesn’t spread in the U.S. Five things to know about containing the virus:

1. WHY ORDER PEOPLE TO STAY HOME

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