A second health worker at a Texas hospital where a man died of ebola has tested positive for the disease.
The unnamed member of staff reported they had a fever on Tuesday and was immediately isolated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
The health worker is the second person to have treated Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan, who died on 8 October.
Nina Pham, who is reported to be in stable condition, has been in isolation at the Dallas hospital since Friday.
The nurse has since received a plasma transfusion donated by Dr Kent Brantly, the first American to return to the US from Liberia to be treated for ebola.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said officials were identifying anybody who may have had contact with the newly infected health worker.
"Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored," a statement said.
"The type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus."
The third case to be reported in the US was identified before world leaders were due to hold a video conference on how to tackle the disease that has killed more than 4,400 people, almost all of them in West Africa.
US President Barack Obama said he planned to pressure some countries into taking firmer action to slow the spread of the disease, which health experts have warned could infect 10,000 people a week within two months.
British, French, German and Italian leaders will be among those involved in the talks.
Tom Frieden, US Centers for Disease Control director, has unveiled a series of steps designed to stop the spread of the disease, including the rapid response force to be sent to hospitals where infected are being treated and increased training for healthcare workers.
He made the move after being told by many hospital staff that they lacked the training needed to deal with the virus.
Health officials remain uncertain on exactly how Miss Pham contracted ebola, but Dr Frieden initially blamed an unspecified "breach of protocol".
He later apologised after health workers said he appeared to be blaming Miss Pham, who wore protective gear while treating Mr Duncan.
Meanwhile, NBC's chief medical editor has apologised for a breaching voluntary quarantine that she and her team were placed in after cameraman Ashoka Mukpo caught ebola in Liberia.
Dr Nancy Snyderman and two members of her crew were reportedly seen collecting a takeaway order.
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