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The patient was tested in two different laboratories (CDC and another one in Texas). The test is “highly accurate”. It’s Ebola.

Watch the video embedded in this to get the verbatim statement of the director of the CDC: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/health/airline-passenger-w...

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'Was' obviously is in past tense. If there is high likelyhood of it being Ebola, the article should have made that clear in the very first (few) paragraphs, like stating that further tests are being done to strengthen the confirmation.

Edit: Ah, I understand now that the CDC has a rather peculiar definition of "case" of illness, see giarc's comment below for a link.

The CNBC article was put up before the CDC press conference (and seems maybe a little slapped together).

arrrg is pointing you at a more recent article that obviates the need to parse up the CNBC article, in the video the director of the CDC states that the lab tests have confirmed it is Ebola.

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