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Former TB Patient Voices- TB Survivor video

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Former TB Patient Voices- TB Survivor video

A 5 minute video where Rosemarie 'Reina' Whitney, a TB survivor, shares her experience as a patient in San Diego County in the 1950s.

Author:

California Department of Public Health, California Department of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Branch, CDHS DCDC VRDL

Audiences:

Health Educators/Communicators

Topic:

Diagnosis, Treatment - Latent TB infection (Inactive TB), Treatment- TB Disease, TB Treatment

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States

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