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(CNN) -- A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, the state's health agency said.

Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

The employee helped care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person ever diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. Duncan died Wednesday.

"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, said in a statement Sunday morning

"We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."

The health care worker reported a low-grade fever Friday night and was isolated, the health department said. The preliminary test result came in late Saturday.

If confirmed by the CDC, the health care worker's case would mark the first known transmission of Ebola in the United States and the second-ever diagnosis in the country.

David Sanders, associate professor of biological sciences at Purdue University, said he thinks the CDC testing will probably support the preliminary results.

"It sounds likely that it's positive, and it's going to stay positive."

Globally, the disease has wrought catastrophic consequences.

The World Health Organization estimates more than 8,300 people have contracted Ebola during this year's outbreak. Of those, more than 4,000 have died.

Those stricken with Ebola suffer ghastly symptoms, including vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, fever and unexplained bleeding.

Three countries -- Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia -- have been hardest hit. And many of those who care for the ill have also come down with the disease.

The World Health Organization estimates at least 416 health care workers have contracted Ebola, and at least 233 have died.

In Liberia, health care workers are threatening to strike if their work conditions don't improve.

The first infection outside of Africa happened in a nurse's aide in Spain, Teresa Romero Ramos. She became sick after she helped treat an Ebola-stricken Spanish missionary.

Her case has prompted questions from fellow medical professionals about whether they are properly equipped to safely treat Ebola patients.

Another search begins

For weeks, health officials have been monitoring those who had contact with Duncan before he was hospitalized and isolated.

Duncan left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in Dallas on September 20. Four days later, he began feeling ill; the following night, he went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.

But despite telling a hospital worker that he had arrived from Liberia, Duncan was sent home with antibiotics. He returned a few days later and tested positive for Ebola.

It's not clear whether the health care worker in the second Ebola case contracted the disease during Duncan's first visit to the hospital or after he was isolated.

But now, the search begins for all the contacts whom that worker came in contact with.

"We need a whole new crew of people to do contact tracing," said Elizabeth Cohen, CNN senior medical correspondent.

Because Ebola's incubation period can last up to 21 days, the health care worker's contacts will have to be monitored for three weeks.

The Texas health department said officials have interviewed the patient and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures.

"This is not an easy thing," Cohen said. "Keeping track of large numbers of people, taking their temperature twice a day, making sure they don't ... leave town, all of that is a lot of work."

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nooneman said:

Man, all it takes is for one person to get sick and decide to run rather than be quarantined for everyone to be completely fucked.

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Confucian said:

nooneman said:

Man, all it takes is for one person to get sick and decide to run rather than be quarantined for everyone to be completely fucked.

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Uh, no. Ebola spreads via bodily fluids, similar to HIV.

In order to catch the Ebola Virus you have to have sex with an infected person, make out with them with a cut on your tongue, get vomitted on, get their contaminated blood into your blood stream, etc. It is a very difficult disease to catch.

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Confucian said:

nooneman said:

Man, all it takes is for one person to get sick and decide to run rather than be quarantined for everyone to be completely fucked.

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Uh, no. Ebola spreads via bodily fluids, similar to HIV.

In order to catch the Ebola Virus you have to have sex with an infected person, make out with them with a cut on your tongue, get vomitted on, get their contaminated blood into your blood stream, etc. It is a very difficult disease to catch.

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Confucian said:

nooneman said:

Man, all it takes is for one person to get sick and decide to run rather than be quarantined for everyone to be completely fucked.

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Uh, no. Ebola spreads via bodily fluids, similar to HIV.

In order to catch the Ebola Virus you have to have sex with an infected person, make out with them with a cut on your tongue, get vomitted on, get their contaminated blood into your blood stream, etc. It is a very difficult disease to catch.

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zappaisgod said:

Confucian said:

nooneman said:

Man, all it takes is for one person to get sick and decide to run rather than be quarantined for everyone to be completely fucked.

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Uh, no. Ebola spreads via bodily fluids, similar to HIV.

In order to catch the Ebola Virus you have to have sex with an infected person, make out with them with a cut on your tongue, get vomitted on, get their contaminated blood into your blood stream, etc. It is a very difficult disease to catch.

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Completely false.  Stop posting bullshit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease

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Human-to-human transmission occurs only via direct contact with blood or body fluid from an infected person (including embalming of an infected dead body), or by contact with objects contaminated by the virus, particularly needles and syringes.[21][22] Other body fluids that may transmit ebolaviruses include saliva, mucus, vomit, feces, sweat, tears, breast milk, urine, and semen.

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Dead bodies are infectious and semen may be infectious for up to seven weeks in survivors.

I suggest that if you have no idea what you are talking about, and you clearly have no idea at all, you should refrain from passing on bullshit information on serious health matters.

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Confucian said:

nooneman said:

Man, all it takes is for one person to get sick and decide to run rather than be quarantined for everyone to be completely fucked.

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Uh, no. Ebola spreads via bodily fluids, similar to HIV.

In order to catch the Ebola Virus you have to have sex with an infected person, make out with them with a cut on your tongue, get vomitted on, get their contaminated blood into your blood stream, etc. It is a very difficult disease to catch.

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Confucian said:

zappaisgod said:

Confucian said:

nooneman said:

Man, all it takes is for one person to get sick and decide to run rather than be quarantined for everyone to be completely fucked.

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Uh, no. Ebola spreads via bodily fluids, similar to HIV.

In order to catch the Ebola Virus you have to have sex with an infected person, make out with them with a cut on your tongue, get vomitted on, get their contaminated blood into your blood stream, etc. It is a very difficult disease to catch.

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Completely false.  Stop posting bullshit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease

Quote:

Human-to-human transmission occurs only via direct contact with blood or body fluid from an infected person (including embalming of an infected dead body), or by contact with objects contaminated by the virus, particularly needles and syringes.[21][22] Other body fluids that may transmit ebolaviruses include saliva, mucus, vomit, feces, sweat, tears, breast milk, urine, and semen.

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Dead bodies are infectious and semen may be infectious for up to seven weeks in survivors.

I suggest that if you have no idea what you are talking about, and you clearly have no idea at all, you should refrain from passing on bullshit information on serious health matters.

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From your quote:
"transmission occurs only via direct contact with BLOOD or BODY FLUID from an infected person."

"Other BODY FLUIDS that may transmit ebolaviruses include saliva, mucus, vomit, feces, sweat, tears, breast milk, urine, and semen"

What I said:
"Uh, no. Ebola spreads via BODILY FLUIDS, similar to HIV."

Also: Calm down.

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Asante said:

Confucian said:

nooneman said:

Man, all it takes is for one person to get sick and decide to run rather than be quarantined for everyone to be completely fucked.

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Uh, no. Ebola spreads via bodily fluids, similar to HIV.

In order to catch the Ebola Virus you have to have sex with an infected person, make out with them with a cut on your tongue, get vomitted on, get their contaminated blood into your blood stream, etc. It is a very difficult disease to catch.

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You are like the drillsergeant urging his troops to march on up to the mushroom cloud because radioactivity is comparable to sunburn.

Over 4000 dead on a continent where people are deadly afraid of disease. You are hopelessly misinformed.

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