Screening of temporary
workers - NO
l MMWR 45(47):1032-6, 1996.
181 FB Hispanic TB patients in eight US counties in
AZ, NM, TX, CA bordering Mexico, 1995.
l 169 interviewed for the study, visa status not collected
82% returned at least once to their country of origin
l 35% returned at least monthly in the year preceding diagnosis
l Migrant workers
Difficulties in treating mobile populations
Migrant Clinicians Network www.migrantclinician.org
l Restricted circuit, point-to-point, nomadic