Sunday, April 17, 2016

NTD’s in the news for the week of 10 Apr - 16 Apr 2016

WIRED
The team's recent testing, published last month in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, revealed that this type of mosquito feeds on a wider range of species than expected, potentially influencing the way it transmits malaria. 

News-Medical.net
Designed for use in disease surveillance, the antibody-based tests are part of a suite of diagnostic innovations intended to support the elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of illnesses that affect more than a billion people ...

This Week in PLOS (Subscription)
GenomeWeb
McGill University researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases describe findings from a study that used available transcriptome data to explore host immune response to infection by helminth worms from several species affecting different ...

EurekAlert (press release)
Designed for use in disease surveillance, the antibody-based tests are part of a suite of diagnostic innovations intended to support the elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of illnesses that affect more than a billion people ...

Daily Mail
Other studies presented yesterday found that refugees were more likely to have HIV, TB, salmonella, Chagas disease and scabies. A study of 700 people in Denmark found that refugees were more than five times as likely to have HIV as Danish-born citizens.

Business Wire India (press release)
Worldwide, millions of people are infected with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), many of which are water or hygiene-related, such as Guinea Worm Disease, Buruli Ulcer, Trachoma, and Schistosomiasis. 

Chagas disease / American trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma cruzi, T. cruzi) 
Expertos alertan que al ritmo actual se tardarán 300 años en tratar el chagas (Experts warn that at the current pace it will take Chagas disease 300 years in trying)
ElEspectador.com
Se trata de un análisis que recoge la situación actual en torno a esta dolencia causada por el parásito 'Trypanosoma cruzi' y que propone una serie de medidas para superar una de las grandes barreras existentes: la falta de acceso a diagnóstico y ...

Prensa Latina
14 de abril de 2016, 17:21La Paz, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) Coinciding today with the celebration of the International Day of the Fight Against the Chagas disease, Bolivian researcher scientists announced the discovery of another insect carrying this...

Daily Star Gazette
The insect, also called the triatomine bug, resembles a cockroach and has been known to carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease, which can be fatal if left untreated, the CDC said. There are currently about 300,000 cases of Chagas in the U.S ...

Daily Star Gazette
The insect, also called the triatomine bug, resembles a cockroach and has been known to carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease, which can be fatal if left untreated, the CDC said. 

Reuters
KaloBios, which is developing drugs to treat Chagas disease and cancer, said on Monday that it intended to price its products at overall cost, plus a 'reasonable and transparent' profit margin, if and when they are ready for marketing. 

Cysticercosis / Taeniasis (Taenia solium, T. solium)
Avenue Mail
“But if the pork meat is not properly cooked through, it could heighten risk of occurrence of neuro-cysticercosis caused by pork tapeworm cysts (larvae),” R. Thomas, scientist at the ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, Assam, told IANS ...

Dengue
The Hindu
Out of f 87 persons being treated for fever and headache in Udri-Vaddigeri gram panchayat limits in Sorab taluk, the blood samples of two patients have tested positive for dengue. 

The Star Online
Singapore: Researchers here have a new target in the war on dengue and other mosquito-borne killers – the insect's saliva. A S$10mil (RM28.5mil) research programme is being set up to understand how its spit helps in disease transmission.

Outbreak News Today
The latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) show that in the first three months of 2016, nearly 32,000 cases have been reported, an increase year-to-year of 32.8 percent (23,951 in 2015). 

Big Island Now
No no new cases of dengue fever were reported on the Big Island this week. The Hawai'i Department of Health continues to list the overall case count as 263, with no known cases currently at risk of spreading the disease to mosquitoes.

Arab News
This was stated to be the first session of its kind on dengue in the Kingdom. It was mainly dedicated to dengue disease and its updated impacts locally and globally. The session had the participation of national and international experts and speakers.

Pakistan Today
As per weekly report issued by Dengue Prevention and Control Programme (DPCP) Sindh, at least 31 new dengue fever cases were detected from the province in 2016, out of which 29 were reported from Karachi and one each from Larkana and Naushero ...

The News Minute
Suspected cases of Chikungunya and dengue in Kerala are in fact that of 'Lepidopterism', a disease caused by Tiger Moths, according to a study by Aster MIMS Research Foundation. The study, led by Dr P J Wills, Senior Scientist of the Foundation, ...

Wall Street Journal
PARIS—French drugmaker Sanofi SA SNY -0.97 % said on Friday that the World Health Organization had recommended the use of its dengue vaccine—the first of its kind—in countries where the mosquito-borne disease is widespread, paving the way for ...

Travel Weekly
In recent weeks, the County of Hawaii Civil Defense has reopened a pair of popular visitor destinations that had been closed to travelers because they posed a particularly high risk of dengueinfection. Waipio Valley, located on the island's northern ...

Big Island Now
Despite no new cases of dengue on the island in just over three weeks, two locations remain listed by DOH as areas of “some risk” of infection: Hookena and Kalaoa. 

The Statesman
Expressing serious concern over the number of dengue patients admitted in various hospitals of Delhi, Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Vijender Gupta demanded that the Chief Minster and the Health Minister of Delhi should make special Wards ...

The Straits Times
Researchers here have a new target in the war on dengue and other mosquito-borne killers - the insect's saliva. A $10 million research programme is being set up to understand how its spit helps in disease transmission. 

The Standard
The Department of Health said this week that it had vaccinated 81,665 school children aged nine years old against dengue under its free immunization program in public schools in three regions in the country. 

Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
The response to the ongoing Dengue Fever outbreak continues. As of 1 p.m. Wednesday (April 13) the State Department of Health had reported no new confirmed cases of dengue fever since yesterday. 

Hawaii Tribune Herald
With no new cases of dengue fever reported on the Big Island since late March, state and county officials are concentrating efforts on staving off future outbreaks of vector-borne illnesses. “Even though we have not had any confirmed or suspected cases...

The Hindu
A case of dengue has been reported from the Okhla area of the national capital, an official said on Tuesday. “A child aged between 5-6 years from the Ekhan locality of Okhla was diagnosed with dengue and is being treated at AIIMS (All India Institute ...

The Hindu
A case of dengue has been reported in the Ekhan locality of Okhla. The victim is between 5 and 6 years of age. “The child is undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,'' said South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC ...

Big Island Now
In the DOH's updated Risk Area for Potential Dengue Infection map released Wednesday afternoon, just two locations remained: Kalaoa and the Hookena area. Both locations were reduced last week to “some risk” areas. 

The Star Online
Lim, 51, who is SS2 Selatan resident association executive council member, said he had been going to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to get information of dengue cases in his area and charted monthly statistics to analyse it in the last two years.

The New Indian Express
NEW DELHI: At least seven cases of dengue has been reported in the national capital with five of them in the first 10 days of April, according to a municipal report. 

The Straits Times
A field study will be conducted at the end of this year to assess if a special type of mosquito can be a weapon against dengue. The male Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will be released into the environment in the small-scale study to be ...

Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
The response to the ongoing Dengue Fever outbreak continues. As of 1 p.m. Tuesday (April 12) the State Department of Health had reported no new confirmed cases of dengue fever since yesterday. 

The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Within a day, the Health Ministry inspected 12,110 premises during a nationwide dengue enforcement blitz. A total of 39 compounds totalling RM19,500 were issued to premises found to be breeding Aedes mosquitoes yesterday, said Health ...

Big Island Now
No new cases of dengue fever have been confirmed by the Hawai'i Department of Health, as of Monday afternoon. The confirmed count remains at 263 cases with the most recently confirmed case on March 23. 

Big Island Now
No new cases of dengue fever were confirmed on the Big Island Tuesday by the Hawai'i Department of Health. The overall case count remains at 263 as Governor David Ige has signed a supplemental proclamation to extend the state's emergency period for ...

The Star Online
BUTTERWORTH: People here are more than supportive of the Government going all out to eradicate the dengue menace. Office clerk Ng Se See, 48, whose husband died of dengue on April 2, said she was glad there were such efforts. 

The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Local councils do all that they can to eliminate Aedes mosquitoes, but their biggest challenge is residents who refuse to open their doors for standard checks. 

New Straits Times Online
"Among the districts that recorded an increase include Langkawi with two dengue cases compared to only one last year, Baling with 48 cases compared to 22 cases last year, which is a 118.2 per cent increase, Kuala Muda recorded a 75.8 per cent increase ...

NDTV
In 2015, as many as 15,867 cases of dengue were reported in the national capital. (Representational Image). New Delhi: A case of dengue has been reported from Okhla area of the national capital, an official said today.

PR Newswire (press release)
TORONTO, April 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Replikins, Ltd, today announced an understanding of the evolution of lethal virus gene structures in Zika and closely related Flaviviruses. 

The Straits Times
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is speeding up its evaluation of the world's first dengue vaccine as the number of cases here soars. It plans to issue its decision on whether the vaccine is approved for use here in around six months, rather than ...

Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: Bacteria-carrying mosquitoes will be released at a few selected sites at the end of 2016 in a bid to suppress the Aedes aegypti mosquito population responsible for transmitting the dengue virus, said the Ministry of Environment and Water ...

Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
The response to the ongoing Dengue Fever outbreak continues. As of 1 p.m. Monday (April 11) the State Department of Health had reported no new confirmed cases of dengue fever since yesterday. 

Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: The number of new dengue cases in Singapore dipped to 292 in the week ending Apr 9, 85 cases fewer than in the previous week, according to latest figures published on the National Environment Agency (NEA) website. 

The Borneo Post
KAPIT: An anti-dengue operation (Ops Dengue) was launched here at 10am yesterday, simultaneously with others nationwide. Jointly officiating at the function were Kapit Divisional health officer Dr Deburra Peak Ngadan, Deputy Resident Kapit, Zul Usup ...

Big Island Video News
Hawaii U.S. Senator Brian Schatz visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters and met with top officials to discuss the CDC's response to the dengue fever outbreak on Hawaii Island, as well as concerns over the zika virus. Schatz ...

Saudi Gazette
The Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases had organized the first session in Saudi Arabia mainly dedicated to dengue disease and its updated impacts locally and globally. 

The Star Online
We didn't know it was dengue,” she said at the family house in Taman Seri Kijang yesterday. Ng added that before succumbing to dengue, her husband was healthy and not on any medication. 

The Star Online
HEALTH inspectors at all local councils in Selangor will receive additional help from the Federal Government to boost their workforce under aggressive measures being undertaken to combat dengue. 

The Star Online
KLANG: The relevant authorities should consider using biological methods to counter the dengue epidemic in the country which is fast spiralling out of control. Former president of the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Assoc Prof Dr S.

The Express Tribune
RAWALPINDI: The City Traffic Police (CTP) has initiated an awareness programme to educate people among the people about dengue. Pamphlets are being distributed in schools, colleges, public places and at bus stands by police officials. In a statement ...

TheHealthSite
With Canadian Government funding, the team from Canada and Mexico successfully tested the low cost, environmentally-friendly way of destroying the eggs of the mosquito genus that spreadsdengue and likely spreading the Zika virus. 

New Straits Times Online
PUTRAJAYA: Dengue cases have reduced from February until the end of March this year, similar to last year's trend within the same period. In a statement today, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a total of 2,130 cases were ...

Fiji Sun Online
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has released a set of guidelines to avoid contracting diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya or even the Zika Virus. The Ministry's Permanent Secretary Dr Mecuisela Tuicakau said that proactive measures ...

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Marcio Moza embraces his six-year-old son Thomas who contracted dengue fever, at their house in Vila Autodromo community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 23, 2016. The few families that remain in the Vila Autodromo favela after removals swept the ...

The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: The high number of dengue cases has forced the Selangor Mentri Besar to chair a special committee to curb Aedes mosquitoes. Datuk Seri Azmin Ali will be chairing the new committee, which includes health, local government and housing ..

The Borneo Post
KUCHING: The local community and their leaders must make Kuching a dengue-free city. Kuching City North Datuk Bandar Datuk Abang Abdul Wahap Abang Julai said we all have to work together and be responsible for the cleanliness of our city, preventing .

Dracunculiasis / Guinea worm
GhanaWeb
Naa Wahabu Suhiyini, the chief, expressed anxiety that the lack of access to potable water could lead to a resurgence of the guinea worm disease in the area. He therefore called for the government and other organizations to intervene to provide the ...

Human African trypanosomiasis / Sleeping sickness
Sleeping Sickness yang Mematikan (Sleeping Sickness Deadly)
1Health
Anda yang akan bepergian ke Afrika, terutama negara-negara Sahara sebaiknya berhati-hati oleh penyakit African trypanosomiasis atau penyakit tidur. African trypanosomiasis disebabkan oleh parasit dari spesies Trypanosoma brucei berukuran kecil yang ...

WsNews 4investors
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative to develop new therapeutics for human African trypanosomiasis (TB), visceral leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease; GlaxoSmithKline LLC for tuberculosis; Eli Lilly and Company for an animal health indication;

The Zimbabwean
Tsetse flies and so trypanosomiasis (although no human sleeping sickness causing trypanosmes found as yet) persist because of the maintenance of particular habitat patches. Who gets sick (and whose animals) depends on who goes to these sites.

Leprosy / Hansen's disease (Mycobacterium leprae, M. leprae)
Atlanta Jewish Times
Sure, many rabbis have talked about lashon harah, or the evil tongue, as the interpretation of the affliction of leprosy. There is a good story in Numbers 12 that gives a hook to the theme of lashon harah when Miriam is punished with skin disease for ...

Florida Times-Union
Any real danger of getting the leprosy bacteria probably lies in handling or eating armadillos. That's a chancy proposition at best since they have long, damaging claws. However, people do eat armadillo meat. 

Haaretz
Returning to this week's portion, the above exegetical explanations (regarding the connection between slander and leprosy, and the connection between biblical leprosy and Hansen's disease) do not apply to leprosy as described in the biblical text ...

Hindustan Times
The number of leprosy cases among children has increased in Maharashtra in the past five years, says an evaluation report by the National Leprosy Eradication Program (NLEP) released last month. 

The Guardian
But Nakao was not the only member of his family to suffer as a result of leprosy, now commonly referred to as Hansen's disease after Gerhard Armauer Hansen, the Norwegian doctor who identified the bacterium that causes leprosy in 1873. 

Jewschool
Many who do find meaning in the text point to the valuable lesson of watching one's language as Lashon Harah (gossip) is often associated for being the sin that triggered the punishment that forms the major subject of both Parshiyot: Leprosy. 

The Indian Express
Voters of a leprosy colony in Bankura district of West Bengal on Monday exercised their franchise freely as a polling booth was marked exclusively for them inside a hospital where doctors turned into polling personnel. 

My Jewish Learning
In Biblical times, for the safety of the rest of the community, a person stricken with leprosy was placed outside of the camp. Food, clothing, shelter, the basics of human need was provided for, but they were not a part of the day to day life of the ...

Lymphatic filariasis / Elephantiasis
Science Daily
WHO and some of its partners recently developed a data quality assessment (DQA) tool specific to efforts to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). A new study applying the tool to the lymphatic filariasis program in Ghana finds problems with the ...

Rabies
Cape Cod Times (subscription)
For the first time since 2003, the U.S Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Service will be placing oral rabies vaccines in wooded and wetland areas east of the Cape Cod Canal through portions of Plymouth County. 

Hamilton Spectator
WEST LINCOLN—Another raccoon in the Niagara Region has tested positive for rabies. This raccoon — from the Caistor Centre area in West Lincoln — brings the total reported cases of animals with rabies in Hamilton and the surrounding area to 84 since ...

Gainesville Times
Two people in South Hall are receiving treatment after coming in contact with a rabid cat, Hall County officials said. Officials reported two rabies incidents on opposite ends of the county. 

Hamilton Spectator
The government pays only for post-exposure treatment, but with rising rabies rates in the area, Frankian — one of the people attending the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry's Wednesday evening information session in Stoney Creek — says it...

WSPA.com
Anyone between the Coronaca and the Saluda River who has been bitten or scratched by a fox should contact the Upstate Environmental Quality Control Office at 864-227-5915. This is the first animal from Greenwood County to test positive for rabies in 2016.

The Weather Network
So far, 72 skunks and raccoon have tested positive for raccoon rabies in Hamilton since December. Elsewhere in the province, only 5 other cases have been reported. 

Science Daily
A mobile-phone-based system for rabies surveillance in Tanzania is demonstrating huge potential for mobile technologies to improve public health service delivery, especially in resource-poor settings, according to a new article in PLOS Medicine by ...

CapeCod.com News
BOURNE – The Cape Cod Rabies Task Force will continue its program of distributing oral rabies vaccine baits in the hopes of reducing and managing raccoon rabies cases on the Cape. The last case of rabies reported on Cape Cod was in 2013 in Hyannis.

Pensacola News Journal
The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County would like to remind everyone to take precautions to avoid animal bites after post-exposure rabies shots were recommended for four individuals who were bitten by stray cats and one person was ...

Wareham Week
For the first time in 13 years, federal and state officials will battle the spread of rabies west of the Cape Cod Canal in towns such as Wareham starting April 18. 

iNews880.com
In order to minimize the risk of exposure the city recommends keeping a safe distance from wild animals, alive or dead. The community is also being advised to vaccinate pets against rabies. 

24
The number of homeless animals should be controlled for the prevention of rabies and echinococcosis. Rabies is an incurable disease. To avoid bites and infection, it is necessary to stay away from stray dogs.

Times of India
Ludhiana: With the stray dog menace assuming mammoth proportions, the ambivalent approach of the MC towards the sterilization project and provision of anti-rabies vaccines to dog bite victims is not going down well with residents. Already, the dog ...

Schistosomiasis (Schisto, Bilharzia, Snail Fever)
Scottish Daily Record
This puts them at risk of bilharzia also known as snail fever, which comes from freshwater in which infected snails live. Between 2010 and 2015 more than 130 Scots children aged 10 to 19 were diagnosed with the disease.

Soil transmitted helminthiases (Ascaris lumbricoides, whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm, Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale)
The Scientist
Egg from a human whipworm (Trichuris trichiura)CDC, B.G. PARTINNot all parasitic worm infections are detrimental. Researchers at the New York University (NYU) Langone School of Medicine recently found that infection with helminths promoted the growth …

WUNC
After eggs of the whipworm are swallowed, they hatch in the small intestine. Though troublesome for most, they might help some people feel better. Lester V. Bergman/CORBIS. Could swallowing the eggs of a parasitic worm help treat a disease?

StreetInsider.com
EMVERM is indicated for the treatment of Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), Ascaris lumbricoides (common roundworm), Ancylostoma duodenale(common hookworm), Necator americanus (American hookworm) in single or ...

Times of India
"The growth of intestinal worms such as whipworm, roundworm and hookworm causes anaemia and malnutrition among children. The worms consume vitamin A and other nutrients in the body and the growth of these worms makes children fall sick frequently.

Daily Star Gazette
Other worms, such as the hookworms Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, are tiny vampires. They puncture the lining of the intestine and drink their host's blood. 

Trachoma 
The Star, Kenya
On Tuesday, Meru Governor Peter Munya's wife, Phoebe, inaugurated the Cataract and Trachoma Eye Surgery Camp at Karama Health Centre, Igembe Central. She has been appointed the anti-trachoma ambassador by the Christian Blind Fellowship.

The Express Tribune
Moreover, 71,204 suspected cases of tuberculosis (TB), 314,835 cases of worm infestations, 207,292 cases of typhoid, 65,750 suspected cases of viral hepatitis, 33,580 cases of trachoma, 13,929 suspected cases of measles, 13,893 cases of sexually ...


Other Neglected Conditions:
Venomous Snakebite
Times of India
Coimbatore: Two snake bite deaths were recorded in the city on Thursday, bringing to the fore the danger of snakes during the summer. Both deaths occurred even though the victims were rushed to Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital immediately.

azcentral.com
My kids are going hiking with their church group and on the list of things they should bring is a snake bite kit. It's not mandatory but "recommended." Do these kits work? We just moved to Arizona and don't know anything about snakes. 

The Express Tribune
The victim's family and locals said that the local hospital was short of anti-venom vaccines. 

KVOA Tucson News
The University of Arizona's College of Medicine is developing a new treatment for venomous snake bites. This treatment would act as a bridge, giving the patient more time to get lifesaving treatment. E

Chron.com
The parents of a 14-year-old Houston boy bitten Sunday evening by a rattlesnake at Surfside Beach in Brazoria County said Wednesday he still "has a distance" to go in his recovery, but is expected to be back to normal soon. 

Himalayan Times
RAUTAHAT: A child died of snake bite in Pathara Badhuram-9 of the district on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Kantamuni Sah (12), son of Bishwonath Sah. 

fox5sandiego.com
A medical helicopter picked up the boy from Ribbonwood Road in Boulevard, an area 65 miles east of San Diego, Cal Fire Captain Kendal Bortisser said. Medics then went to Rady Children's Hospital where he will receive snake bite treatment. 

VICE
Snakebites kill more annually than all 17 of the neglected tropical diseases combined—a list that includes dengue fever, leprosy, and rabies, for which the World Health Organization (WHO) has special programs. Some regions have more bites than malaria.

Courier Mail
Goodna's Sally and Norman Hill, from N & S Snake Catcher Ipswich Brisbane and Logan, said Chris and Codee were lucky to survive the snake bite. “They could have died,” Mrs Hill said. “Lucky the boys lived just nine minutes away from hospital.”.

Brisbane Times
Friends and family of a professional snake catcher are in shock after his rapid death from a taipan bite. Experienced Queensland wrangler Wayne Cameron, 54, didn't even realise the snake had bitten him when it "grazed" his arm while on a job in ...

Strongyloidiasis
Forbes
Examples are protists such as Cryptosporidium and Entamoeba histolytica and helminths such as Ascaris lumbrocoides and Strongyloides stercoralis (18). However, cheek by jowl with the far more voluminous literature on how to get rid of such pathogens is ...


BLOGS:
The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
The leg of a person suffering from elephantiasis, a mosquito-borne disease. (Photo: File/Standard). With a slender body, scaled wings and long legs, they are a nuisance mostly during the night.

HealthCanal.com (press release) (blog)
Trypanosomes are unicellular parasites causing serious diseases, including sleeping sickness in Africa. Each year about 4000 new cases are reported. In 2009, due to the success of sustained control programmes, the number of new cases fell below 10.000 ...

BMC Blogs Network (blog)
Dengue and quarantine – not as simple as you think. New research published in Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling shows that in some cases, reducing the mobility of people can promote an epidemic. 

PATH blog:
Fighting disease, fear, and fatigue Tracy Romoser, communications officer and blog editor at PATH, discusses two new rapid diagnostics tests — the biplex test and LF monoplex test — for river blindness and lymphatic filariasis (LF), writing “These tests are a continuation of PATH’s work to advance new diagnostics to support elimination of…

The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
The leg of a person suffering from elephantiasis, a mosquito-borne disease. (Photo: File/Standard). With a slender body, scaled wings and long legs, they are a nuisance mostly during the night. 

International Rivers (blog)
The subsequent tsetse fly infestation and associated sleeping sickness spelt death for humans and cattle. Menelik's troops added to the lethal effects of the epidemics, and not all ethnic groups survived to tell the tale.


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Mark Rosenberg, Jürg Utzinger, David G. Addiss

David C. Geary

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“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
- Benjamin Franklin

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