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| Ebola detected again in Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey | |
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| Ebola has been detected in a Scottish nurse who first contracted the virus in December last year. | |
| Greater Glasgow health board has confirmed that the virus is present in Pauline Cafferkey but said it was left over from the original infection. It is not thought to be contagious. | |
| The 39-year-old has been flown back to an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London. | |
| She contracted the virus while helping to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone. | |
| Ms Cafferkey, who is from Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, spent almost a month in an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital at the beginning of the year after contracting the virus in December 2014. | |
| There is not yet any information about her condition, but government sources have described her transfer to the specialist unit as a "highly precautionary process". | |
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| They have also said there are currently no significant risks to public health. | |
| Ebola is passed on through bodily fluids. It is not transmitted through casual contact. | |
| Last week Ms Cafferkey was in London receiving an award at the Pride of Britain ceremony. | |
| Her award recognised the risks aid workers took with their own health. | |
| There are not thought to be any concerns about contact she had with people at that event but health officials in Scotland are focusing on who she saw since her return home. | |
| Ms Cafferkey spoke to BBC News about the difficulties she had encountered in her recovery. | |
| She had experienced thyroid problems and her hair had fallen out. |