By Sky News US Team
A US doctor who has survived ebola has donated blood to an NBC cameraman who is fighting the disease in an American hospital, the broadcaster said.
Dr Kent Brantly, who had contracted the virus while working in Liberia, recovered after being flown to Atlanta.
NBC said he was contacted by the Nebraska hospital where cameraman Ashoka Mukpo is being treated and asked to donate his blood.
Dr Brantly's blood matches Mr Mukpo's, the report said.
The donation is expected to reach Mr Mukpo later today.
Experts have been considering giving the blood of survivors to ebola patients as a way to kick-start their immune system.
There are no licenced drugs or vaccines for the disease, but about a half dozen are in development.
Dr Brantly and another US patient who recovered were given the unproven drug ZMapp, but it is not clear how crucial the drug was in their recovery.
Meanwhile, Thomas Eric Duncan is in critical condition with the disease at a Dallas hospital.
Mr Duncan, a Liberian, became ill after arriving in Texas from Liberia two weeks ago.
He is on a ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis.
Reports also said that a woman aboard a plane that landed in Texas was taken to hospital with symptoms similar to those of ebola.
The captain of the plane that landed at Midland International Airport late on Tuesday alerted authorities that a passenger was displaying flu-like symptoms.
But Midland Public Information Officer Sarah Bustilloz told local TV station KOSA that ebola is "highly unlikely", though not yet entirely ruled out.
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