Posted on 10/13/2014 8:41:35 PM PDT by tcrlaf
A man in his 40’s who complained of a high fever and other serious symptoms contacted and then entered The University of Kansas Hospital at about 6 a.m. on Monday. The hospital says that the patient recently worked as a medical officer on a commercial ship off the west coast of Africa and has a low-to-moderate risk of Ebola.
According to a news release, the patient is being kept in strict isolation and tests are being done to determine a diagnosis. Dr. Lee Norman, chief medical officer of the hospital, says that there are many other diseases that fit the patient’s symptoms, but the hospital is following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control to determine whether the patient has Ebola or not. Doctors expect blood samples to be returned by 5 or 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
The man had been on the ship as recently as four-to-five days ago according to Dr. Norman and resides in Kansas City, Kan. The patient said he had diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and general fatigue; Dr. Norman says he’s lost a lot of weight due to dehydration, but showed signs of improvement after being treated and given IV fluids on Monday.
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Obolas’ America 2014
Why does it take so long to get results from the blood test? I was just reading the section on Ebola in the book “The Coming Plague” and they used an electron microscope to see the filovirus, which looked like a question mark to them. So are those microscopes so hard to come by, even at a university medical center?
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Diagnosis is done by PCR antigen testing, not looking for actual virus.
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Thanks for the ping!
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