--- title: Ebola: Spanish Nurse Tests Negative After Contracting Virus description: The Spanish nurse who became the first eperson to contract Ebola outside of West Africa in this outbreak tested negative for the disease canonical: https://time.com/3522738/spanish-nurse-ebola-negative/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-19T20:15:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:52:40.268Z article:section: Health og:title: Spanish Nurse Tests Negative for Ebola og:description: She contracted the disease while caring for two patients og:url: https://time.com/3522738/spanish-nurse-ebola-negative/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Spanish Nurse Tests Negative for Ebola twitter:description: She contracted the disease while caring for two patients twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Spanish Nurse Tests Negative for Ebola After Contracting Disease  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 19, 2014 8:15 PM UTC  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 19, 2014 8:15 PM UTC The Spanish nurse who became the first known person to contract the disease outside of West Africa in this current outbreak has [tested negative for the disease](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29683616), her family announced to Spanish media. Teresa Romero’s doctors said the results are preliminary and that more tests would be needed to confirm she no longer has Ebola, according to the BBC. (Her name has also been reported as [Teresa Romero Ramos](http://time.com/3481297/spanish-ebola-nurse-symptoms/).) The 44-year-old contracted the virus while caring for two missionaries who had been in West Africa. Both missionaries ultimately died from the disease. Romero has said she may have contracted the disease while removing her protective gear. As a precautionary measure, the regional government [euthanized her dog, Excalibur](http://time.com/3482381/spain-euthanizes-pet-dog-of-ebola-infected-woman/), though to date there is [not a single ](http://time.com/3480961/ebola-animals-transmission/)case of dogs transmitting Ebola to people or people to dogs. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29683616)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3522738/spanish-nurse-ebola-negative/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3522738/spanish-nurse-ebola-negative/"},"headline":"Spanish Nurse Tests Negative for Ebola After Contracting Disease","datePublished":"2014-10-19T20:15:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:52:40.268Z","description":"After she was diagnosed, the regional government euthanized her dog","url":"https://time.com/3522738/spanish-nurse-ebola-negative/","keywords":["ebola","Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3522738/spanish-nurse-ebola-negative/","name":"Spanish Nurse Tests Negative for Ebola After Contracting Disease"}}]}] ```