Salia, working at a Methodist hospital in Sierra Leone, first felt ill during the first week of November. But he hadn’t been treating Ebola patients and he’d already come through a 21-day incubation period after a close call with an Ebola patient. And his first blood test for Ebola came back negative on November 7.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/dr-martin-salias-death-shows-early-ebola-treatment-vital-n250201
With the negative results, Dr. Salia began treating himself for malaria, the most likely cause of fever and malaise in Africa. On Nov. 10, he tested positive for Ebola.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1411100?query=featured_home&#t=articleResults
Now God rest Dr. Salia, for he showed the greatest love for his fellow man. And I believe this time we can't really fault the CDC for their approach to transport and treatment.
But I do fault them for their insisting that after 21 days since exposure there is no risk. Last night I sat through a government flunky presenting happy-happy pap on Ebola, regurgitated from the CDC. Ebola doesn't scare me nearly as much as a lying government does.