Stockholm -
A man is in isolation at a Swedish hospital, pending tests to determine whether he has contracted Ebola, a physician said on Monday.
The patient - who suffered from high fever and abdominal pain - had recently visited areas in West Africa hit by the Ebola outbreak, said Ake Ortqvist, Stockholm County’s infectious disease officer, on Swedish television.
The patient was admitted late on Sunday to a special isolation unit at the Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, just south of the Swedish capital.
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has claimed more than 1 500 lives, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Ebola causes massive haemorrhaging and has a fatality rate of up to 90 percent.
The disease is transmitted through contact with blood and other bodily fluids. - Sapa-dpa