chromatika/iStock/Thinkstock(FORTH WORTH, Texas) — A resident of Tarrant County, Texas has tested negative for Ebola after exhibiting at least one symptom of the disease, says Tarrant County Public Health.
The patient reportedly had one symptom that matches the disease. TCPH says that the individual recently returned from Liberia. Though the last case of Ebola in Liberia was in late March, the patient was being tested for Ebola out of an abundance of caution.
On Friday evening, TCPH said that the test came back negative.
Tarrant County resident, who traveled to Liberia, has tested NEGATIVE for #Ebola.
— TCPH (@TCPHtweets) May 2, 2015
The only patient to die of Ebola in the U.S., Thomas Eric Duncan, was treated in Texas — at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Two nurses who treated Duncan were later diagnosed with the disease, though both recovered.
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