A man in his early-30s returned from the West African nation of Sierra Leone and developed a fever. On Friday, the University of Kansas Hospital said that it has been monitoring the patient, who lives in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Dr. Lee Norman at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City said that the patient does not pose big risk. Norman said the patient visited family in Sierra Leona and stayed in hotel there. The patient has not visited places in Sierra Leona where the Ebola outbreak was taking place.

When he returned, the patient was not having fever, but developed after coming back and went to the emergency room.

The person has not history of being in contact with Ebola patient. “He’s not a medical care worker, he’s not in contact with any known cases of anybody infected with the Ebola virus and doesn’t have anything other than his travel history there to suggest that he could have potentially Ebola”, said Norman.

It is suspected that the he was most likely infected with malaria. The male patient has been tested for Ebola, malaria and other infectious diseases. The test results are expected in a day or two.

The patient is better now, but is having fever. Investigation is on to know with whom the man might have been in contact with. The hospital has been following all the precautions suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The officials also ensured that the public is not at risk.

Since the first reported case in March 2014 in West Africa, more than 11,000 people have lost their lives in the Ebola outbreak. As per the World Health Organization, Liberia has suffered the maximum in the outbreak.