Royal Free hospital says Cafferkey has made full recovery and is no longer infectiousPauline Cafferkey,the nurse treated in London for life-threatening complications months after she was apparently cured of Ebola, has been released from isolation and has returned to hospital in Glasgow.
Cafferkey became critically ill from meningitis triggered by a hidden reservoir of Ebola virus in her nervous system. The sudden onset of illness, or which resulted in her being flown back to the infectious diseases unit of the Royal Free hospital in London which treated her on her return from Sierra Leone,shocked doctors. Until then, it was not understood that the Ebola virus could linger and cause disease nine months later. Related: Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey nearly died from meningitis, and doctors say Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com