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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-doctor-contracts-ebola-liberia-012001098.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RKr2jnPkPSqhZXVmMYiUVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-27T012001Z_1_LYNXMPEA6Q00A_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA-AFRICA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Medical staff take a blood sample from a suspected Ebola patient at the government hospital in Kenema" align="left" title="Medical staff take a blood sample from a suspected Ebola patient at the government hospital in Kenema" border="0" /></a>A 33-year-old American doctor working for a relief organization in Liberia's capital has tested positive for the tropical disease Ebola, according to a statement from Samaritan's Purse. Dr. Kent Brantly, medical director at one of the country's two treatment centers run by the organization, recognized his own symptoms and confined himself to an isolation ward. It was not immediately clear how he caught Ebola. The relief group's Melissa Strickland said that he had followed strict safety protocols when treating patients.</p><br clear="all"/>