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The patient developed symptoms over the weekend and tested positive late Sunday. An American doctor working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola amid the outbreak, according to an international Christian missions organization. Peter Stafford, a medical missionary with the missions organization Serge, was exposed while treating patients at Nyankunde Hospital, the group said Monday. He sought testing "after presenting symptoms consistent with the virus," Serge said in a statement. Stafford has served at Nyankunde Hospital with Serge since 2023, according to the organization.
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The patient developed symptoms over the weekend and tested positive late Sunday. An American doctor working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola amid the outbreak, according to an international Christian missions organization. Peter Stafford, a medical missionary with the missions organization Serge, was exposed while treating patients at Nyankunde Hospital, the group said Monday. He sought testing "after presenting symptoms consistent with the virus," Serge said in a statement. Stafford has served at Nyankunde Hospital with Serge since 2023, according to the organization.
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