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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture and politics of health care workPublication details: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011.Description: xvii, 222 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780801449413 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801449413 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.07/50967 22
LOC classification:
  • RB37 .O44 2011
NLM classification:
  • QY 11 HA12
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.
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Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack RB37.O44 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 79481
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack RB37.O44 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 79482

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.

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.

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