ABSTRACT
Testing is a crucial aspect of any laboratory setting in which experiments are performed. Testing instantiates all practical components and concrete enactments of the experimental procedure through which scientists ultimately establish if something becomes measurable or not. Microscopic diagnosis of malaria is still considered the scientific gold standard, it is certainly not the norm in everyday diagnosis of the disease in Uganda. Before the introduction of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT), the majority of diagnoses were made based on symptoms of fever at home or in health centers. Before RDTs were introduced, health workers used a combination of clinical skills and individual experience to diagnosis malaria. Following the history-taking of the patient, health workers combine a semi-standardized questionnaire and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis. Dormant parasites can also be seen as a translation of biomedical knowledge concerning the life cycle of parasites. With the analogy between food and self-diagnosis, Halima links this insight to different forms of visibility of the disease.
