Patient being tested for Ebola in Colorado hospital

A patient was being tested for Ebola in an isolation unit of a Colorado hospital after displaying symptoms, health officials said.

Infectious diseases specialists from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and from University of Colorado Health were evaluating the patient, who recently travelled to an Ebola-affected country, CDPHE said in a statement.

The patient, who wasn’t identified, was transported Wednesday evening to Medical Center of the Rockies, in Loveland, Colorado, about 50 miles north of Denver, by a specially equipped ambulance after becoming ill.

The patient is considered to be at low risk of infection, the statement said.

Test results were expected Thursday morning.

Ebola symptoms may appear anywhere between 2-21 days after exposure and include a fever, muscle pain, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and lack of appetite.

The virus is spread through direct contact with blood and body fluids of a person already showing symptoms of Ebola. Ebola isn’t spread through the air, water, food, or mosquitoes, health officials say.