A new Ebola test named LightMix Ebola Zaire rRT-PCR, made by the company Roche, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and can generate results in three hours. The current test called RT-PCR, which stands for reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, takes six hours. LightMix testing has not been approved for general use yet.
SOURCE : Healix International