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Danny Davis: “We never saw a prevalence spike like we have seen on autism in Africa.”

On the recordNovember 28, 2012
We never saw a prevalence spike like we have seen on autism in Africa.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis discusses the alarming rise of autism cases in Africa.

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