Slovenia - Suspected Ebola case at Ljubljana Hospital - Tested negative

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Ebola Case Suspected at Ljubljana Hospital

Society, 16 Apr 2015 / By STA

A patient suspected of having ebola was admitted to Ljubljana's main hospital Thursday, in what is the first suspected case of the deadly virus in Slovenia detected by health workers.

The suspected patient is a Slovenian citizens who recently returned from an ebola-affected region of Africa with a severe fever, UKC Ljubljana officials told the press on Thursday.
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The patient has been tested for the disease and preliminary results are to be released later today.
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At this point the patient is not displaying signs of the disease beyond having fever...

Strle refused to disclose any personal details about the patient, but he did reveal it was not a health worker.
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http://www.sloveniatimes.com/ebola-case-suspected-at-ljubljana-hospital

 

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LJUBLJANA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A Slovenian citizen, suspected of being infected with Ebola, has passed his first medical test on Thursday after he was admitted to University Medical Centre Ljubljana (UKC) on Wednesday evening.

The preliminary test results came back negative, UKC hospital announced hours after it said on Thursday morning that a patient with severe fever had been admitted upon returning from an Ebola-affected part of Africa.

The medical test was done by the medical faculty's microbiology institute, which has state-of-the art testing equipment, according to Slovenian Press Agency.

For now, the patient displays no signs of the Ebola disease beyond having fever, Franc Strle, chief of the infectious diseases department, was quoted as reporting.

Further medical tests on the Ebola suspect will continue until Saturday, during which time the patient will remain in isolation before a diagnosis of the deadly virus is completely ruled out, said reports.