Pauline Cafferkey, a Scottish NHS nurse, caught the deadly virus while volunteering in a government-funded clinic in Sierra Leone, despite the use of protective equipment and strict infection controls.
She became the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the UK on Monday after she returned to Glasgow, sparking an operation to trace other passengers on her flights.
The 39-year-old is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London. It houses the UK's specialist treatment centre for the disease, which has killed almost 8,000 people worldwide.
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