Dr. Nancy Writebol and Nancy Writebol have been discharged from an Liberia hospital . Doctors do n't know whether an experimental serum and a blood transfusion helped . Both contracted the deadly Ebola virus in U.S . Emory 's staff is confident that the American patients ' discharges pose `` no public health threat , '' said Dr. Bruce Ribner , director of Emory 's Infectious Disease Unit . Brantly and Kent Brantly are the first known Ebola patients to recover in the Atlanta .
Dr. Nancy Writebol and Nancy Writebol have been discharged from an Liberia hospital . Doctors do n't know whether an experimental serum and a blood transfusion helped . Both contracted the deadly Ebola virus in U.S . Brantly and Kent Brantly are the first known Ebola patients to recover in the Atlanta .