Low-Wage Agricultural Migrant Workers in Apulian Ghettos, Italy: General Health Conditions Assessment and HIV Screening.
Francesco Di GennaroRossana LattanzioCarmine FalangaSilvia NegriRoberta PapagniRoberta NovaraGianfranco Giorgio PanicoValentina TotaroMaria Cristina PolisenoDavide Fiore BavaroLucia RahoMarcella SchiavoneNicole LaforgiaAlessandro VolpeRenato LaforgiaSergio Lo CaputoClaudia MarottaGiovanni PutotoAnnalisa SaracinoPublished in: Tropical medicine and infectious disease (2021)
Our experience suggests that, in this population, the health condition is mainly linked to the specific working activities in the agricultural fields, as well as to the hygienic and living conditions, and that all of this is due to the lack of social protection in their life and job.