A British nurse who recovered from Ebola last year has been hospitalized again for treatment of an unusual late complication, London's Royal Free Hospital said yesterday.

Pauline Cafferkey was being treated in the hospital's isolation unit and her condition said to be serious.

Ben Neuman, a virologist at the University of Reading, said Cafferkey's case appeared unusual because of the stubborn persistence of the Ebola virus in her body. In a similar case detected in an American doctor, Ebola was found in his left eye months after he recovered.

Cafferkey was flown to London early yesterday from Scotland, where she lives.

Medical authorities say the risk of Cafferkey transmitting the virus is low, but public health officials in Scotland are monitoring people with whom she had close contact. Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with blood or body fluids.

Cafferkey was diagnosed with Ebola in December after returning from Sierra Leone. She was treated at the Royal Free for several weeks and discharged in January.

Cafferkey was honored at the Pride of Britain Awards in London last month and met with Prime Minister David Cameron's wife, Samantha, at 10 Downing St.

Cameron tweeted that he wished Cafferkey "a quick recovery."

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