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
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
