virus and a recent travel history to Nigeria was admitted Friday to a
Washington-area hospital, a spokeswoman told AFP.
"We can confirm that a patient has been admitted to Howard University
Hospital in stable condition, following travel to Nigeria and
presenting with symptoms that could be associated with Ebola," said
Howard University spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton.
"In an abundance of caution, we have activated the appropriate
infection control protocols, including isolating the patient."
No further details were released about the patient.
Symptoms of Ebola can include fever, aches and pains, vomiting and diarrhea.
The virus is spread through close contact with the bodily fluids of an
infected person.
The first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States was announced
on Tuesday, after a man from Liberia who had traveled to Texas fell
ill days after he arrived.
Nigeria is one of five West African nations that have battled Ebola
this year, but has had fewer than two dozen cases and as many as eight
deaths linked to the arrival of a sick airline passenger from Liberia,
far less than the thousands of infections in neighboring countries.
Nigeria's president declared the nation Ebola-free at a UN meeting
late last month.
US and global health authorities have said Nigeria was near to being
able to announce an end to the outbreak there, which can only be
established once 42 days have passed since the last infection.
More than 3,300 people have died across Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea,
Nigeria and Senegal already this year, in the world's largest outbreak
of Ebola in history.
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