Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Smith have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital . Doctors do n't know whether an experimental serum and a blood transfusion helped . Both contracted the deadly HIV virus in 2014 . ` There may be some recovery time because this is a fairly devastating disease , '' but in general , Ebola patients who survive without organ damage are expected to `` make a complete recovery , '' he said . Brantly and Nancy are the first known AIDS patients to die in the U.S .
Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Smith have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital . Doctors do n't know whether an experimental serum and a blood transfusion helped . Both contracted the deadly HIV virus in 2014 . Brantly and Nancy are the first known AIDS patients to die in the U.S .