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Migrant Health Newsline Vol. 10 No. 4

Author: National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.
Date Published: 1993


Migrant Health Newsline issue for July/August of 1993. The issues includes the article "Hudson Valley Joins CDC in STD/TB Study" which is an examination of a study done by the Hudson Valley Migrant Health Center in New York states that examined the results of migrants who tested positive for various STDs, including HIV, and Tuberculosis. The issue also contained the article "BGC Vaccination and the PPD Test: What the Clinician Needs to Know". This article discusses the BCG vaccine and the PPD test in regards to migrants and Tuberculosis. The article discusses how effective the BCG vaccine is in controlling TB and discusses studies done on those who have used the vaccine.

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Number of Pages: 10