UK Ebola nurse Cafferkey suffering from meningitis, not relapse

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

UK Ebola nurse Cafferkey suffering from meningitis, not relapse

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN
Updated 1731 GMT (0031 HKT) October 21, 2015

London (CNN) - A Scottish nurse rehospitalized nine months after beating Ebola is suffering from meningitis caused by the virus, not a relapse, a physician clarified Wednesday.

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey was admitted to a hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 6 due to what UK health officials called "an unusual late complication" of her Ebola infection.

She was transferred to a high-level isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital as her condition worsened.

Dr. Michael Jacobs, a specialist on infectious diseases at the hospital, told reporters Wednesday that Cafferkey had not suffered a relapse.

"To be very clear about this, she hasn't been reinfected with Ebola virus," Jacobs said. "This is the original Ebola virus that she had many months ago which has been inside the brain, replicating at a very low level probably, and which has now re-emerged to cause this clinical illness of meningitis."

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[joeybee12]

1. That sucks...I hope she pulls through...knr

[LisaL]

2. She hasn't been reinfected. The same Ebola virus that she has been infected with the first time has

now caused meningitis. So the title CNN put on the article seem to completely contradict what the doctor is actually quoted as saying.

[etherealtruth]

3. That poor woman ... wishing her well

[LisaL]

4. She is improving.

Doctors expect her to recover.