An American doctor who contracted Ebola treating victims of the deadly virus in Liberia has been released from a US hospital after receiving treatment with an experimental drug, his charity said.

Kent Brantly was given ZMapp, a trial drug used on a handful of patients in the West African outbreak, and flown to the United States this month.

He was released from Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, according to a statement from Samaritan's Purse.

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