Optimism, Persistence, and Our Collective Crystal Ball

Thomas E. Wellems Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Author Notes

*Address correspondence to Thomas E. Wellems, c/o Administrative Director, ASTMH Headquarters, 111 Deer Lake Road, Suite 100, The Sherwood Group, Deerfield, IL 60015. E-mail: thomas.wellems@verizon.net

Disclosure: Presented as the Presidential Address at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, DC, November 21, 2009.

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