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Okeke, Iruka N., 1970-

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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Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xvii, 222 pages)
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	computer c rdamedia
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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
	Diagnostics biologiques -- Afrique subsaharienne.
	Médecine -- Laboratoires -- Afrique subsaharienne.
	Médecine clinique -- Afrique subsaharienne.
	Afrique subsaharienne.
	MEDICAL -- Public Health.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
	MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
	MEDICAL -- Diseases.
	MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
	MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
	Clinical medicine
	Diagnosis, Laboratory
	Medical laboratories
	Sub-Saharan Africa
Other Form:	Print version: Okeke, Iruka N., 1970- Divining without seeds. Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011 (DLC) 2010037178
ISBN	9780801460906 (electronic bk.)
	0801460905 (electronic bk.)
	9780801449413 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Standard No.	AU@ 000053277791
	DEBBG BV043079838
	DEBBG BV044097553
	DEBSZ 421231726
	GBVCP 1003672086
	HEBIS 299824586
	NZ1 14256416