internationally accredited laboratory for testing. Results are expected in 48 hours 2/2

Kigali, 10 August 2014

Today late in the afternoon, a patient at King Faisal Hospital with Ebola like symptoms has been put in isolation as we wait for his test results. Samples from the suspected case have been sent for testing to an international accredited laboratory for approval, results will be available in 48 hours.

The suspected case is a European medical student. It is the first Ebola-suspected case in Rwanda since the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa.

The Ministry of Health calls on the public to stay calm and be vigilant, the ministry is closely monitoring the situation and all the needed preventive measures according to national standards are in place. Surveillance systems and emergency management systemsYou are here

Barry D. Weiss, MD

Professor, Family and Community Medicine

Barry D. Weiss is a tenured professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. A longtime member of the faculty, he is also a former chairman of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Dr. Weiss is currently medical editor of FP Essentials, the monthly monograph series published by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) that is one of AAFP’s largest education programs. He is also associate medical editor of American Family Physician.

Dr. Weiss is author of more than 165 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals. He served for 18 years (1992-2010) as editor of Family Medicine, national journal of