Timeline and information on Ebola patient

About the patient

• An adult male, with a recent history of travel to West Africa
• Traveling to the U.S. to visit family, per the CDC
• Patient does not appear to have been a health care worker assisting with effort, per CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden
• "This patient undoubtedly had close contact with someone who was sick with Ebola, or who died from it," Frieden said.

Status of the patient

• The patient is currently under intensive care
• Officials will not release additional details, citing patient confidentiality
• Patient is communicating and expressing hunger, according to officials speaking at the Texas press conference

Patient timeline

• Patient traveled from Liberia on September 19
• Arrive in U.S. on September 20
• Developed symptoms on 9/24
• Sought treatment on 9/26, but was sent back home; discharged with antibiotics
• Patient admitted to hospital on 9/28
• Ebola test came back positive at 1:22pm Tuesday Houston time.