Ebola outbreak: Quarantine stations set up at US airports

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 700 people in West Africa has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue an advisory against non-essential travel to the region.

At Los Angeles International Airport and other U.S. airports, CDC quarantine officers are on alert, looking for infected passengers.

The agency is sending 50 experts to that region to help with the outbreak. There's a concern that the deadly outbreak can spread to other countries. The CDC operates quarantine stations at airports across the U.S., including at Los Angeles International Airport, to respond to reports of illness or death.

Officers are trained to spot symptoms of Ebola, and anyone who departs from a flight from an affected country and appears to have symptoms would be tested. If they test positive, they would be rushed to a hospital and quarantined.

Two American health care workers -- Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly -- were infected with the virus in Africa and are currently fighting for their lives.

Plans were underway to bring the two Americans back to the U.S. A small private jet based in Atlanta has been dispatched to Liberia. Officials said the jet was outfitted with a special, portable tent designed for transporting patients with highly infectious diseases.

"I would not be surprised if we see isolated cases arrive (in the U.S.) because you can have no symptoms for three weeks after you've been infected, but those cases would not spread around the country. We have good hospitals and good infection control," said Dr. Richard Besser, ABC News chief health and medical editor.

At least 729 people have died since cases first emerged in March: 339 in Guinea, 233 in Sierra Leone, 156 in Liberia and one in Nigeria.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.