Possible Ebola Case Investigated In Italy

Possible Ebola Case Investigated In Italy
The Ebola Virus is shown in this undated electron micrograph photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, May 11, 1995. The CDC has determined that a strain of the virus is responsible for deaths in Kikwit, Zaire, and has sent a team of researchers to the African country to investigate. (AP Photo)
The Ebola Virus is shown in this undated electron micrograph photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, May 11, 1995. The CDC has determined that a strain of the virus is responsible for deaths in Kikwit, Zaire, and has sent a team of researchers to the African country to investigate. (AP Photo)

ROME, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Italian doctors are investigating a suspected Ebola patient in central Italy, the Health Ministry in Rome said on Tuesday.

The ministry gave no further details but the local Corriere Adriatico newspaper said the woman, a resident of the town of Civitanova Marche near Ancona, was around 40-years-old and had recently returned to Italy from Nigeria.

The hospital in Ancona where she has been transferred declined to comment. No comment was immediately available from regional health authorities.

If confirmed, the case would be first known instance of Ebola in Italy. (Reporting by Antonella Cinelli and Valentina Consiglio; Editing by Alison Williams)

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