Patient has malaria, not Ebola, University of Kansas Hospital officials say

A patient under treatment at the University of Kansas Hospital who recently returned from the West African nation of Sierra Leone does not have Ebola, hospital officials said Saturday.

Tests sent to a regional lab in Nebraska indicated the patient has tested positive for malaria.

The patient, who had a fever, called the hospital before arriving and was placed in strict isolation. Hospital officials said he did not visit parts of Sierra Leone where the Ebola outbreak was occurring.

Hospital officials said the patient was responding well to therapy.

Judy L. Thomas, jthomas@kcstar.com

This story was originally published May 30, 2015 at 7:28 PM.