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Dr Brantly works for the North Carolina-based Christian organisation Samaritan's Purse. Another member of the group, missionary Nancy Writebol, is due to be brought to the US on a later flight, as the plane is only equipped to carry one patient at a time.

Dr Brantly and Ms Writebol were helping respond to the worst West African Ebola outbreak on record when they contracted the disease. Since February, more than 700 people in the region have died from the infection.

Despite concern among some in the US over bringing Ebola patients to the country, health officials have said bringing the aid workers into the country would not put the public at risk.

The facility at Emory, set up with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is one of only four in the country with the facilities to deal with such cases. It is physically separate from other patient areas, providing a high level of clinical isolation.

Sources: APTN/Reuters