Boone (NC) hospital monitors patient for Ebola infection

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Boone hospital monitors patient for Ebola infection

Boone, N.C. ? Watauga Medical Center officials said late Thursday that they are monitoring a patient who showed up at the Boone hospital earlier in the day for a possible Ebola infection.
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Boone also is home to Samaritan's Purse, a missionary group that employs Dr. Kent Brantly, one of the first Americans to contract Ebola in west Africa. Brantly has since recovered from his infection.

Read more at http://www.wral.com/boone-hospital-...ebola-infection/14063532/#CjvFIwSUGYtjxpdi.99

 

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Re: Boone (NC) hospital monitors patient for Ebola infection

http://abc11.com/health/patient-bei...s-in-boone-after-travelling-to-africa/344463/

BOONE, NC (WTVD) --
The Appalachian Regional Healthcare System in Boone says special Ebola protocols have been put in place after a patient who had recently travelled to Africa came in with a fever.

The Watauga County hospital says the person is being monitored and there is not a threat to the community.

 

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Re: Boone (NC) hospital monitors patient for Ebola infection

http://www.myfoxcarolinas.com/story/26751920/hospital-says-patient-in-boone-tests-negative-for-ebola

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The clinical care team and public health officials have reviewed the case in great detail and the patient's illness and epidemiological information are not consistent with Ebola.

Therefore, Ebola testing will NOT be performed
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