1984
DOI: 10.1016/0007-0971(84)90136-0
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Asian immigrant tuberculosis—the effect of visiting Asia

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“…We suggest that the likelihood of close contact with an infectious case of tuberculosis is the key factor. This is supported by the observation that 20% of tuberculosis cases occurred within 12 months after a visit to the Indian subcontinent 7. Indeed, the ability to afford such a visit may have a confounding effect on the relation between poverty and tuberculosis.…”
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“…We suggest that the likelihood of close contact with an infectious case of tuberculosis is the key factor. This is supported by the observation that 20% of tuberculosis cases occurred within 12 months after a visit to the Indian subcontinent 7. Indeed, the ability to afford such a visit may have a confounding effect on the relation between poverty and tuberculosis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…The epidemiology of tuberculosis differs considerably with ethnicity. Asian people predominantly acquire new infection from infected people in the same community or when visiting the Indian subcontinent,7 but white people generally have reactivation of endogenous latent infection 8. This distinction is reflected in the differences in the age distribution of cases and in the type of disease between ethnic groups.…”
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“…The incidence of tuberculosis is highest in the first few years after first entry to the UK 382There is also evidence that subsequent return visits to countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis is a risk factor 8384Screening of new immigrants is recommended as part of a coordinated local control policy 11.…”
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“…A potential reason for the failure to identify sources of tuberculous infection in children is that the infection may have been acquired outside of the area in which the child resides, especially if the child travels to areas where there is a relatively high prevalence of tuberculosis. There is little information about the relationship between travel and acquisition of tuberculous infection, but one study found an increased risk of tuberculosis among adult Asians in London who had traveled to high-prevalence countries (2). Other studies, using molecular epidemiologic techniques, have identified tuberculosis strains indigenous to a particular area or country in adults who developed tuberculosis after travel to that area (3)(4)(5)(6).…”
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