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BUCHAREST, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A 51-year-old Romanian, suspected of having contracted an infectious disease, Ebola included, was admitted Sunday afternoon to the "Matei Bals" National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Bucharest for further investigation, according to local media.

The man is from Ploiesti, about 70 km north from Bucharest, capital city of Romania. He returned on July 25 from a business trip to Nigeria.

If confirmed, the case will be the first one not only in Romania, but also in the Central and Eastern Europe.

"This morning, a 51-year-old adult displaying symptoms of fever, nausea, vomiting and bloody diarrhea was admitted to the Emergency Care Unit of the Ploiesti County Hospital," announced the Health Ministry in a press release, adding that the procedure for the patient's isolation and transfer in special safety conditions to Bucharest was initiated, given that the anamnesis revealed the patient has recently returned from Nigeria.

"At this moment, the patient is suspected of viral infection, but the etiological diagnosis is not known yet," said the release.

"The patient will undergo further medical testing," manager of the "Matei Bals" Institute, Prof. PhD Adrian Streinu Cercel was quoted as saying by local Agerpres News Agency, specifying that if data reveal an Ebola case suspicion, samples will be sent for confirmation in Frankfurt of Germany, the only laboratory to detect Ebola in Europe.

According to him, laboratory results from Germany might come in 3-7 days.

The manager stressed that there is no verdict of Ebola so far, and his institute is to make a series of analysis to exclude a number of other diseases that have similar symptoms.

Nigeria became the third African state, after Sierra Leone and Liberia, to declare a national emergency on Friday following the outbreak of Ebola cases in the region.