McCarthy O R
Br J Dis Chest. 1984 Jul;78(3):248-53.
The intervals between arrival or rearrival in the UK and notification of tuberculosis have been studied in four groups of Asian immigrants according to contact with known cases of tuberculosis in the UK and recent visits to Asia. It appears that about one-fifth of the Asian immigrants who developed tuberculosis in West Ham in a 5-year period did so as a result of a recent visit to Asia. About one-third appeared to have acquired their infection before leaving Asia and developed the disease soon after arrival in the UK. Nearly one-half apparently acquired their disease from known or unknown contacts in the UK.
根据在英国与已知结核病病例的接触情况以及近期是否去过亚洲，对四组亚洲移民在抵达或再次抵达英国与结核病确诊之间的间隔时间进行了研究。结果显示，在5年时间里，在西汉姆患结核病的亚洲移民中，约五分之一是近期去亚洲旅行所致。约三分之一似乎在离开亚洲之前就已感染，并在抵达英国后不久发病。近一半显然是在英国从已知或未知接触者那里感染了疾病。
