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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Doctors at the University of Kansas Hospital are expecting results of blood tests Tuesday that could determine if a patient has contracted the Ebola virus.
Chief medical officer Dr. Lee Norman announced Monday that the man is at low to moderate risk of having contracted the virus. He is being treated in isolation.
The patient arrived at the hospital Monday morning with significant weakness and diarrhea, and said he had previously had a fever. Norman said it was encouraging that the man did not have a fever or internal bleeding - two symptoms of Ebola.
The man worked recently as a medic on a commercial ship off Africa's west coast. Norman said the man was exposed to typhoid but it was not clear if he also was exposed to Ebola.
© Associated Press
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