[blueplum]

onset is sudden. Initial symptoms mimic the flu or malaria.

Men who recover from Ebola can transmit the virus thru semen for 7 weeks after recovery.

not ready until sometime late this year or next, Makerere University college of Health Sciences in Uganda, under a grant from Canada, is developing an inexpensive paper strip test (sweat test). Basically the strip will change color.

The WHO also uses a urine test which can be used in field conditions.

Positives to either test could be followed up with serum or skin biopsy analysis.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201310280216.html

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

[exDemMom]

Thanks for the links. I did not know about the paper strip test.