2nd Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola

The statement said, “The healthcare worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated at the hospital.”

ABC News confirmed the name of the patient as Amber Vinson.

Vinson was among those who took care of Thomas Eric Duncan after he was diagnosed with Ebola.

The preliminary Ebola test was run late Tuesday at the state public health laboratory in Austin, and results were received at about midnight.

The CDC said Vinson flew Frontier Airlines flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas on Oct. 13. Vinson exhibited no signs or symptoms of illness while on flight 1143, according to the crew.

Channel 2 Action News has confirmed that the Frontier Airlines plane traveled to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport before decontamination.

Channel 2's Jodie Fleischer reported the plane carrying Vinson flew from Cleveland to Dallas where she got off the plane. The next morning the same Frontier Airlines plane traveled to Atlanta and several other airports.

Here are the flight numbers for the trips the plane made after dropping the patient off in Dallas: 

Dallas to Cleveland - Frontier flight 2042

Cleveland to Ft. Lauderdale - Frontier flight 1104

Ft. Lauderdale to Cleveland - Frontier flight 1105

Cleveland to Atlanta - Frontier flight 1101 (landed in Atlanta at 9:07 p.m.)

Atlanta to Cleveland - Frontier flight 1100 (left Atlanta at 9:57 p.m.)

Health officials have interviewed Vinson to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored. The type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.

The CDC is asking all 132 passengers on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on October 13 (the flight route was Cleveland to Dallas Fort Worth and landed at 8:16 p.m. CT) to call 1 800-CDC INFO (1 800 232-4636). After 1 p.m. ET, public health professionals will begin interviewing passengers about the flight, answering their questions, and arranging follow up. Individuals who are determined to be at any potential risk will be actively monitored.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said at a news conference Wednesday that Vinson at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was monitoring herself for symptoms of Ebola. Vinson reported a fever Tuesday and then was taken to isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian.

It's not clear how she contracted the virus during care she provided for Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian.

Authorities declined to say what position she holds at the hospital or the type of care she provided.

Confirmatory testing on a separate specimen will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. CDC tests results will be shared when confirmatory tests are done, following appropriate patient notification.

The hospital and patient were notified of positive result. In addition, CDC has interviewed Vinson to identify any contacts or potential exposures in the community.

The CDC said it has already taken active steps to minimize the risk to health care workers and the patient.

Nurse Nina Pham contracted the virus while caring for Duncan, who was the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States.

Health officials are monitoring 48 others who had some contact with Duncan before he was admitted the hospital where he died Oct. 8.

Pham, 26, became the first person to contract the disease on U.S. soil as she cared for Duncan. The nurse released a statement Tuesday through Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital saying she was "doing well," and the hospital listed her in good condition. She has received a plasma transfusion from a doctor who beat the virus and the hospital CEO said medical staff members remain hopeful about her condition.

Pham was in Duncan's room often, from the day he was placed in intensive care until the day before he died.

"I'm doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers," she said.

Ebola is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of a sick person or exposure to contaminated objects such as needles. People are not contagious before symptoms such as fever develop.

DeKalb County officials say there is growing fear about the Ebola virus, especially in communities with large populations of refugees from West Africa.