Talbot M D
Genitourin Med. 1986 Dec;62(6):377-9. doi: 10.1136/sti.62.6.377.
An attempt has been made to correlate the yearly incidence of gonorrhoea in Sheffield (1979-85) with two variables to show contact tracing efficiency: infectious patient days (days from the start of contact tracing to the attendance of contacts) and the percentage of source contacts brought to investigation within 30 days. No such correlation has been found. The possible reasons for this, which include the unreliability of incidence figures as a sole criterion of control and the organisation of contact tracing activities, are discussed.
有人尝试将谢菲尔德市1979年至1985年淋病的年发病率与两个变量相关联,以显示接触者追踪的效率:感染患者天数(从开始接触者追踪到接触者就诊的天数)以及在30天内被调查的源头接触者的百分比。但未发现这种相关性。文中讨论了出现这种情况的可能原因,包括发病率数字作为控制的唯一标准的不可靠性以及接触者追踪活动的组织情况。