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Pauline Cafferkey (Ebola Patient)
Ebola virus disease in the United Kingdom and Ireland has occurred rarely in four cases to date, namely three health workers returning from treating victims of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa in 2014 and 2015, and a single case in 1976, when a laboratory technician contracted the disease in a needlestick injury while handling samples from Africa. All cases recovered. As of 2023, no domestic transmission of Ebola has occurred in the United Kingdom or Ireland. Infected in the UK and Ireland On 5 November 1976, Geoffrey Platt, a laboratory technician at the former Microbiological Research Establishment in Porton Down, Wiltshire, contracted Ebola in an accidental needlestick injury from a contaminated needle while handling samples from Africa. He was treated with Interferon, human interferon and convalescent serum. The course of his disease was mild and he fully recovered. Infected outside UK and Ireland Nurse, 2014 The high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebola Virus Epidemic In West Africa
The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, Western Africa, was the most widespread List of Ebola outbreaks, outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of life and Socioeconomics, socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea, Guinea, Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia, Liberia and Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone. The first cases were recorded in Guinea in December 2013; later, the disease spread to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone, with minor outbreaks occurring in Ebola virus disease in Nigeria, Nigeria and Ebola virus disease in Mali, Mali. Secondary infections of medical workers occurred in the Ebola virus cases in the United States, United States and Ebola virus disease in Spain, Spain. In addition, isolated cases were recorded in Senegal, the Ebola virus disease in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom and Italy. The number of cases peaked in October 2014 and then began to de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
