Title Divining without seeds : the case for strengthening laboratory medicine in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke.

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Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 222 pages).
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Series	The culture and politics of health care work
	Culture and politics of health care work.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The power of sight -- Fever : is it malaria? -- Fever : beyond malaria -- Drug resistance -- Viral hemorrhagic fevers -- Detecting covert infection ahead of the final diagnosis -- Diagnostic certainty and disease control -- Origins and outlook of diagnostic insufficiency in Africa -- Conclusion : the feasibility of laboratory diagnosis in African settings.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Infectious disease is the most common cause of illness in Africa, yet health practitioners often fail to identify causative microorganisms in most patients. Iruka Okeke argues that there is a pressing need to improve laboratory diagnostics.
Subject	Diagnosis, Laboratory -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
	Medical laboratories -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
	Clinical medicine -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
	Africa, Sub-Saharan.
	Communicable Diseases -- diagnosis.
	Laboratories -- supply & distribution.
	Clinical Medicine -- methods.
	Africa South of the Sahara.
	MEDICAL -- Public Health.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
	MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
	MEDICAL -- Diseases.
	MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
	MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
	Clinical medicine. (OCoLC)fst00864361
	Diagnosis, Laboratory. (OCoLC)fst00892307
	Medical laboratories. (OCoLC)fst01014264
	Sub-Saharan Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239520
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Okeke, Iruka N., 1970- Divining without seeds. Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011 (DLC) 2010037178
ISBN	9780801460906 (electronic book)
	0801460905 (electronic book)

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