where are the leper colonies?
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Kalaupapa was one of a small handful of leper colonies in the United States. Among them were tiny Penikese Island in Buzzard's Bay, off the coast of Massachusetts, and the Carville National Leprosarium, in Louisiana. With almost 8,000 patients over about 150 years, Kalaupapa was by the far the largest.
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The grey parrot is native to equatorial Africa, including Angola, Cameroon, the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda. The species is found inside a range from Kenya to the eastern part of the Ivory Coast.
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The African pangolin species are native to 15 African countries dispersed throughout southern, central, and east Africa. S. temminckii is the only species found in southern and eastern Africa.
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African lions live in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Many European countries never had colonies (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romunia, Ukraine, Belarus, Litva, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, modern Greece (the ancient towns like Athens had colonies some ...
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The countries with the highest number of new leprosy diagnoses every year are India, Brazil, and Indonesia. More than half of all new cases of leprosy are diagnosed in India.
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['most of Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of North Africa.', 'South and South East Asia as well as parts of East Asia.', 'Central and South America.', 'the Caribbean including Haiti and the Dominican Republic and parts of Mexico.', 'parts of the Middle East.', 'some Pacific Islands.']
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["Luxor, Egypt. Once ancient Egypt's capital Thebes, Luxor has attracted many travellers and Egyptologists since the 19th century. ... ", 'Stone Town, Tanzania. Right off the coast of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean lies the the island of Zanzibar. ... ', 'Lamu, Kenya. Lamu is a very relaxing and laid-back coastal town in Kenya.']
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Switzerland, Norway, Greece, Denmark (unless Greenland counts as a colony), I think Sweden, Luxembourg, are all relatively old nations that did not have colonies.
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["Cape Peninsula. The Cape Peninsula juts out into the Atlantic at Africa's south western corner. ... ", 'Cape Agulhas. ... ', 'Cape of Good Hope.']
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['St. Lucia.', 'Bora Bora.', 'Fiji.', 'Amalfi Coast.', 'Maui.', 'Tahiti.', 'Kauai.', 'Santorini.']
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The San, on the other hand, had territories covering regions as far afield as Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Lesotho. They are skilled hunter-gatherers whom most consider to be the first people living on the land known today as Botswana and South Africa.
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leprae to rely on the host cell to survive. The bacteria needs an extremely specific environment to thrive in. It is extremely difficult to culture Mycobacterium leprae. All attempts to create a medium that the bacteria are able to grow in has failed.
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['Saint Kitts and Nevis.', 'Saint Lucia.', 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.', 'Samoa.', 'San Marino.', 'Sao Tome and Principe.', 'Saudi Arabia.', 'Senegal.']
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کوڑھ Kure جذام Jazam : Hansen's Disease Leprosy : (noun) chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae.
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['large areas of Africa and Asia.', 'Central and South America.', 'Haiti and the Dominican Republic.', 'parts of the Middle East.', 'some Pacific islands.']
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['Papua New Guinea.', 'Tanzania.', 'Democratic Republic of Congo.', 'Uganda.', 'Liberia.', 'Cameroon.', 'Togo.', 'South Africa.']