US - Massachusetts: Suspected Ebola Virus Disease Patient at Mass General Hospital - Patient has malaria, not Ebola

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http://www.massgeneral.org/about/newsarticle.aspx?id=4975

Dec. 2, 2014: Memo to Staff

Suspect Ebola Virus Disease Patient at the MGH

At 2 p.m. today while undergoing routine monitoring by the Boston Public Health Commission, an individual, determined to be a person under investigation for Ebola virus disease, was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital for evaluation. As you know, the MGH has spent the past several months preparing in the event we should have a patient with suspected Ebola come to the hospital. The individual is now in a specially prepared area within the hospital. Diagnostic testing is under way. Again, a diagnosis of Ebola has not been confirmed.
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Re: US - Massachusetts: Suspected Ebola Virus Disease Patient at Mass General Hospital

MGH will hold a news conference at 10:15 US/Eastern. Will stream live at http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...-ebola-case/sN7HUp4qgaXvUcENWlnXbL/story.html

 

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http://www.abc6.com/story/27534710/report-mgh-patient-tests-negative-for-ebola

According to a new report the patient being treated for suspected Ebola at a Boston hospital has tested negative. Citing a US government source, CNN says the patient is actually being treated for malaria. Mass General Hospital has not confirmed the report at this time.
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Re: US - Massachusetts: Suspected Ebola Virus Disease Patient at Mass General Hospital

MGH Confirms Patient Has Malaria, Not Ebola

December 3, 2014 12:58 PM

BOSTON (CBS) ? A patient at Massachusetts General Hospital suspected of possibly having Ebola has tested negative for the deadly virus.

MGH confirmed just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday that the initial test for Ebola is negative. The patient did test positive for malaria, the hospital said.

More tests will be conducted on the patient to definitively rule out Ebola and other diseases.

Hospital officials said the patient had been undergoing monitoring by the Boston Public Health Commission after working in Liberia. The patient was not working in a medical capacity while in West Africa.
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http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/report-suspected-ebola-case-at-mgh-is-malaria/