Data for: "Travel and tuberculosis in migrants"

Tuberculosis (TB) rates among migrants are higher than local rates in low-incidence countries. This study evaluated smear-positive, pulmonary TB notifications of foreign-born individuals, comparing time since arrival and time since last return travel to the country of origin. The dataset contains notification data that was routinely collected within the TB service at the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust between 1996 and 2018 and audited to improve early diagnosis and access to health care.

结核病（Tuberculosis, TB）在低发病率国家的移民群体中感染率高于本地人群。本研究针对外籍出生人群的痰涂片阳性肺结核上报病例开展评估，对比分析了其入境时长与末次返回原籍国的时长。本数据集包含1996年至2018年间，英国霍默顿国民保健服务基金会信托医院（Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust）呼吸内科结核病诊疗服务中常规收集的病例上报数据，该数据集经审核以优化早期诊断与医疗服务可及性。