Tulsa Health Department officials have been monitoring a patient who recently came back from West Africa for the Ebola virus.America's Ebola patientsThe health department has been monitoring the patient over the 21-day surveillance period recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Oklahoma State Department of Health. Thursday night they learned the patient had developed a fever.The patient is a male and, being classified as low risk and being held at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa. Testing is currently underway and there is no time frame on when the results of the tests will be announced, the Tulsa Health Department said.The individual was classified as 'low-risk' because the person did not have any known exposure to Ebola.Common myths about EbolaThe patient was immediately placed in isolation. The individual did not provide care or have contact with anyone with Ebola, so officials say the patient is low risk.The Tulsa Health Department has been working closely with the Oklahoma State Department of Health and operating under CDC standards.More information can be found at www.tulsa-health.org/ebola

Tulsa Health Department officials have been monitoring a patient who recently came back from West Africa for the Ebola virus.

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The health department has been monitoring the patient over the 21-day surveillance period recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Oklahoma State Department of Health. Thursday night they learned the patient had developed a fever.

The patient is a male and, being classified as low risk and being held at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa. Testing is currently underway and there is no time frame on when the results of the tests will be announced, the Tulsa Health Department said.

The individual was classified as 'low-risk' because the person did not have any known exposure to Ebola.

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The patient was immediately placed in isolation. The individual did not provide care or have contact with anyone with Ebola, so officials say the patient is low risk.

The Tulsa Health Department has been working closely with the Oklahoma State Department of Health and operating under CDC standards.

More information can be found at www.tulsa-health.org/ebola