Last week, 3 of our colleagues packed a fully functioning laboratory into a set of flight cases and boarded a plane to one of the most remote islands on Earth. Saint Helena, a UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic had become part of the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. When the island’s government asked for help, the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), funded with UK aid by the Department of Health and …
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