Ubiquitome launches crowdfunding campaign for FDA-authorized mobile Zika test

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who supported our Indiegogo campaign. Through the combined efforts of the public and ourselves, we are progressing forward towards developing a test for Zika Virus. Stay tuned for further developments.

Ubiquitome has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the Indiegogo platform to accelerate the manufacture of an FDA-authorized Zika mobile molecular diagnostic test to be available to U.S. citizens before more than 200,000 Americans visit Brazil for the Rio Olympics.

Zika virus disease (Zika) is a disease caused by Zika virus that is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. Outbreaks of Zika have been linked with autoimmune disease Guillain-Barré syndrome and an increase in babies born with microcephaly. ​

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