Patient at Duke University tests negative for Ebola, remains in isolation By David Zucchino contact the reporter HealthHospitals and ClinicsAfricaMedical ProceduresEbola North Carolina patient preliminarily tests negative for Ebola A N.C. patient will remain in isolation after preliminarily testing negative for Ebola A patient who entered the United States from Liberia on Friday remains in isolation at Duke University Hospital in Durham after developing a fever but has preliminarily tested negative for Ebola, North Carolina state health officials said in a statement. Related story: Dallas nurse Nina Pham reunites with her beloved Bentley Related story: Dallas nurse Nina Pham reunites with her beloved Bentley Debbie Goffa The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services emphasized on Sunday that the patient, who was not identified, had no known exposure to Ebola and no other symptoms besides the fever. Health officials will continue to test the patient to confirm the preliminary result, the statement said. The patient also is being tested to determine other possible causes of the fever, health authorities said. The health department said it is still interviewing the patients close contacts and determining who else may have had contact with patient by following contact tracing protocols. The risk to the public is extremely low, the health department said. lRelated NYC Ebola patient improves; Oregon patient is low-risk for virus Nation Now NYC Ebola patient improves; Oregon patient is low-risk for virus See all related 8 “Ebola is not spread through the air, water or food – or simply by being near an infected person, the department’s statement said. Ebola is only spread through unprotected contact with blood or body fluids from an infected person who has symptoms, or with objects like needles that have been contaminated with the virus.” The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 5,000 people have died of Ebola in the latest outbreak, which has been traced back to December. Most cases have been in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Related story: Facing its first Ebola test, New York acts quickly and aggressively Related story: Facing its first Ebola test, New York acts quickly and aggressively Tina Susman, Alexandra Zavis and Maya Srikrishnan The first person diagnosed on U.S. soil was a Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, who arrived in Dallas Sept. 20 and became ill days later. He was hospitalized Sept. 28 and died Oct. 8. Two nurses who treated him contracted the virus, and both have been cured. An American doctor with Ebola is being treated at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York after becoming ill Oct. 23. Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, had volunteered with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea. His doctors said Saturday that he was stable and responding well to treatment. cComments @Madmen The nurse in Maine is a Liberal Progressive Democrat .............. How dare you imply that she does not know better than you and the rest of the world ......... Just let her go .......... she will probably not contract the disease Skip Adam at 5:51 AM November 03, 2014 Add a comment See all comments 2 At least four other Americans, including two doctors, a missionary and a freelance journalist, have contracted the virus in West Africa and received treatment in the U.S. All have been cured. Duncan is the only Ebola victim to die in the U.S. National nervousness about the disease has led to several false alarms across the U.S., with subsequent tests showing the patients did not have Ebola. Another scare occurred Friday in Oregon, where a woman was hospitalized. Officials said Saturday that she is at low-risk for Ebola. Copyright © 2014, Los Angeles Times...letsgocare.org
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