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A patient at Duke University Hospital in Durham has tested negative for the Ebola virus.The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services made the announcement Monday morning, after saying Sunday that a patient who had been to Liberia was being treated at the Duke facility.In a prepared statement, DHHS said: "Until the results of additional testing are known, the patient will remain in the contained, isolated and secured unit at Duke in which care has been delivered since admission Sunday night." | Mobile users, tap here for Talitha Vickers' report.The individual arrived in Person County on Saturday and developed a fever Sunday morning. The individual did not have any symptoms upon arrival in the United States and does not have any additional symptoms at this time. The patient also had no known exposure to Ebola while in Liberia.Ebola is only contagious after the onset of symptoms. Ebola is not spread through the air, water or food - or simply by being near an infected person. Ebola is only spread through unprotected contact with blood or body fluids from an infected person who has symptoms, or with objects like needles that have been contaminated with the virus.