Check these highlights and how they contributed to the Life cycle of the Ebola outbreak:
August 2, 2014 – First US Ebola patient arrives at hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
August 5, 2014 – Second US Ebola patient arrives at hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
August 7, 2014 – First European Ebola patient arrives in Madrid.
September 15, 2014 – President Obama announces that the US is sending up to 3,000 troops to West Africa to assist in responding to Ebola outbreak.
September 30, 2014 – Man in Dallas, Texas is first to be diagnosed with Ebola on US soil.
October 8, 2014 – Man diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, Texas dies of the disease.
October 15, 2014 – Second nurse caring for Ebola patient in Dallas, Texas is diagnosed with the disease.
December 29, 2014 – Woman is first to be diagnosed with Ebola in the UK.
March 13, 2015 – Healthcare worker who contracted Ebola while volunteering in a Sierra Leone arrives at Maryland hospital.
Credit: Symplur