title: Are laboratory services coming of age in sub-Saharan Africa?
authors.forename: Imelda
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maitland
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors