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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey admitted to hospital | Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey admitted to hospital |
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Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been admitted to hospital for the third time since contracting Ebola in 2014. | Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been admitted to hospital for the third time since contracting Ebola in 2014. |
Health officials said she had been under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit but was now in hospital for further investigations. | Health officials said she had been under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit but was now in hospital for further investigations. |
The 40-year-old from South Lanarkshire is being treated at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. | |
Ms Cafferkey was treated at London's Royal Free Hospital twice in 2015 after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone. | Ms Cafferkey was treated at London's Royal Free Hospital twice in 2015 after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone. |
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said: "Under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit, Pauline Cafferkey has been admitted to hospital for further investigations." | |
The nurse, from Halfway, Cambuslang, contracted the virus while working as part of a British team at the Kerry Town Ebola treatment centre in 2014. | |
Full recovery | Full recovery |
She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of 2015 after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK. | She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of 2015 after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK. |
The nurse was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery, and in March returned to work as a public health nurse at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire. | The nurse was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery, and in March returned to work as a public health nurse at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire. |
In October last year it was discovered that Ebola was still present in her body, with health officials later confirming she had been diagnosed with meningitis caused by the virus. | |
Bodily tissues can harbour the Ebola infection months after the person appears to have fully recovered. | Bodily tissues can harbour the Ebola infection months after the person appears to have fully recovered. |
Dr Derek Gatherer, lecturer in the Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences at Lancaster University, said it was "now becoming clear that Ebola is a far more complex disease than we previously imagined". | |
He said: "The meningitis that Ms Cafferkey suffered from at the end of last year is one of the most serious complications of all, as it can be life-threatening. | |
"The other main rare serious complication is inflammation of the eyes (conjunctivitis and/or uveitis) which can lead to blindness, especially if supportive treatments are unavailable." | |
Dr Gatherer said major post-recovery complications included "joint aches, headaches and general tiredness which can last for months". | |
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first reported in March 2014, and rapidly became the deadliest occurrence of the disease since its discovery in 1976. | The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first reported in March 2014, and rapidly became the deadliest occurrence of the disease since its discovery in 1976. |
Almost two years on from the first confirmed case recorded on 23 March 2014, more than 11,000 people have been reported as having died from the disease in six countries; Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali. | |
The total number of reported cases is almost 29,000. | |
On 13 January, 2016, the World Health Organisation declared the last of the countries affected, Liberia, to be Ebola-free. | On 13 January, 2016, the World Health Organisation declared the last of the countries affected, Liberia, to be Ebola-free. |