Potential Ebola Patient Being Tested At Duke; Results Monday Morning
A male patient, age unknown, was transported today to Duke University
Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and is being tested this evening
for Ebola virus infection.
The individual flew into Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday
after traveling from Liberia through an unknown destination, then traveled
to the Durham area on a commercial bus, according Aldona Wos, MD, secretary
of the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
On Saturday, the individual was picked up by a relative and taken to the
familys home in Person County, north of Durham. After spiking a fever this
morning, temperature unknown, the individual was transported to Duke
Hospital and is currently isolated in a contained unit designated previous
during training as the site for treatment of a potential Ebola patient.
Results will be available sometime on Monday morning.
William J. Fulkerson, Jr., MD, executive vice president of the Duke
University Health System said tonight in an official statement to Duke
faculty, staff, and students:
Despite not knowing the patients Ebola status, we are approaching this as
though it was a confirmed case. Therefore, the patient is being cared for
in the same contained, isolated and secured unit within DUH in which an
actual Ebola patient would be treated. The patient is receiving care from
a seasoned team of Duke clinical professionals who volunteered for this
service and have trained extensively for this possibility. We have
anticipated this scenario for several weeks now, and a plan to manage it is
in place.
At present, the patient only has a fever, but has no other symptoms of
Ebola.
Duke University Health System and the North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services announced tonight that a traveler from Liberia is being
monitored for fever and tested for Ebola virus infection. Photo credit: Duke
University Hospital
The individual had been monitoring their temperature as instructed in
customs and border patrol and, upon detecting a fever this morning, called
the CDC line and they immediately called the [North Carolina] Division of
Public Health, said chief state epidemiologist, Megan Davies.
DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos opened the press conference with a lengthy
statement as to how well-prepared Governor Pat McCrory is regarding the
potential Ebola case. Wos indicated that the governor had spoken with New
Jersey governor Christie this evening, presumably about contact tracing on
the flight that arrived in Newark yesterday.
Dr. Wos seemed thrown off by a question about how the patient got to North
Carolina from Newark. When she responded that it was a commercial bus, an
unnamed official abruptly called the press conference to a close.
Before being interrupted, Dr. Wos said, This person did not have symptoms
on bus. This person has not been diagnosed with any specific condition yet.
The Associated Press and other press outlets have agreed not to report on
suspected cases of Ebola in the United States until a positive viral RNA
test is completed. But Im covering tonights announcement of a potential
Ebola case because it has been reported in my area, and at Duke University
Medical Center, an institution where I hold an unpaid adjunct associate
professor appointment in their Department of Medicine.
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