Surgeon dies after 'false negative' Ebola test

[bananas]

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Source: USA Today

A surgeon who had tested negative for the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone before testing positive days later died Monday in Omaha, Nebraska Medical Center announced.

Martin Salia, whose family lives in Maryland, was flown to Omaha from Sierra Leone on Saturday and rushed to the medical center's specialized biocontainment unit.

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Isatu Salia said her husband believed he had malaria or typhoid after initially testing negative for Ebola. Salia said her husband worked frequently in Africa because he felt he was needed there, she said. Salia had been working primarily at a hospital in Freetown that is not an Ebola treatment unit, but Salia worked in at least three other facilities in Sierra Leone, officials said.

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Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/17/ebola-doctor-dies-nebraska/19162919/

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Actually, he had TWO false negatives.

[daleo]

1. Two false negatives?

Either very bad luck or very bad testing.

[LisaL]

2. The OP article does not say he tested negative twice.

[defacto7]

3. Locking

Dupe of http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014946413