Finger-Prick Test Can Diagnose Ebola As Easily As A Pregnancy Test

A new mobile Ebola test can detect the virus using a single drop of blood and reports a positive or negative result in under 15 minutes.

When the ReEBOV test was applied in the field, it identified 100 percent of all infected patients who also got positive results with the lab test.

Coupled with other recent advances in the fight against Ebola, like antiviral vaccines, the new test will help prevent another outbreak and hopefully contain the virus for good.

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