Conclusion: The Feasibility of Laboratory Diagnosis in African Settings

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Power of Sight 9
8. 2. Fever: Is It Malaria? 21
9. 3. Fever: Beyond Malaria 38
10. 4. Drug Resistance 50
11. 5. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers 65
12. 6. Detecting Covert Infection ahead of the Final Diagnosis 91
13. 7. Diagnostic Certainty and Disease Control 106
14. 8. Origins and Outlook of Diagnostic Insufficiency in Africa 125
15. Conclusion: The Feasibility of Laboratory Diagnosis in African Settings 141
16. Notes 163
17. Works Cited 187
18. Index 213