In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of 238 contacts showed no evidence of secondary transmission of Ebola virus.
Keywords: EVD; Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; England; London; Scotland; Sierra Leone; aircraft; airports; communicable diseases; contact tracing; healthcare worker; hemorrhagic fever; public health; secondary transmission; travel; viruses; zoonoses.