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Friday, August 29, 2014
The Alabama Department of Public Health issued a message to primary care providers in Alabama Aug. 7 to alert them to report any suspected Ebola cases and to collect specimens from any suspected patients for testing. At this time, no Alabama residents have been tested for this severe and often fatal disease.
Ebola is characterized by sudden onset of fever and weakness that may be accompanied by other symptoms including headache, joint and muscle aches, vomiting, and diarrhea, stomach pain and lack of appetite. Since May 2014 there has been an outbreak of Ebola that has resulted in deaths in people in several West African countries.
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