Re: Dutch person transferred to hospital on suspicion of Ebola - travel history to West Africa - Negative
Re: Dutch person transferred to hospital on suspicion of Ebola - travel history to West Africa - Negative
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Two Dutch patients not infected with Ebola virus
Publication Date: 24-09-2014
The two patients, who in recent days in the hospital are reviewed to rule out any suspicion of Ebola are not infected with the virus. This is confirmed by the results of specific tests. The symptoms of both patients are based on other tropical infectious diseases, namely malaria. They are treated for this disease.
After one of the two recently repatriated HCW's developed symptoms, on 20 September she was administered again in the LUMC. There malaria was confirmed by a team of doctors . To exclude the possibility that there might exist Ebola, still besides malaria, specific tests were performed. The results of these tests exclude infection with the Ebola virus at this moment. The repatriated HCW was monitored by the GGD until the end of the incubation period. Thus, any new symptoms can be quickly detected.
On 22 September, at the request of a general practitioner,another patient was reviewed in the Radboud UMC because of a possible suspicion of Ebola. This patient has recently visited an area where Ebola prevails and has developed of the signs. The medical staff of the Radboud UMC also found malaria in this patient. Because there was an illness present, specific tests could exclude the Ebola virus directly.
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See also: Two Dutch doctors possibly infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone.
