Ko te kano ārai mate BCG i whakamahia tuatahi i runga i te tangata i roto i 1921 i France, engari i riro whakaaetanga whānui i roto i te US, Great Britain, a Germany anake i muri i te Pakanga II o te Ao. Tīmata te BCG i te kano ārai mate i runga i te iwi whānui i roto i te rau tau 19 me te tīmatanga o te rau tau 20 rite te mate ka noa i roto i te pa rawakore. I roto i te 1815 kotahi i roto i te wha mate i Ingarangi i tika ki "te kohi". Na 1918, TB tonu meinga kotahi i roto i te ono mate i roto i France. I muri i te TB i whakaritea ki te hei whakapeka, i roto i te 1880s, i hoatu te reira i runga i te rārangi notifiable-mate mahi i roto i Ingarangi; tīmata ki te mutu i te reira i roto i te rima tau i roto i te paepae pūtaiao. "I roto i te marama o te tau 1916 i puta mai, ahakoa i whakaarohia e pā ana ki te mate pukupuku i roto i Europe, i whakaarohia e pā ana ki te mate pukupuku i roto i te
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