Data for: "Travel and tuberculosis in migrants"

Schwalb, A. 2023. Data for: "Travel and tuberculosis in migrants". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003534.

Schwalb, A. Data for: "Travel and tuberculosis in migrants" [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2023. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003534.

Schwalb, A (2023). Data for: "Travel and tuberculosis in migrants". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003534.

Description

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.

Methods

Description of data capture

Notification data were 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.

Data capture method

Interview: Face-to-face

Data Collection Period

From	To
1996	2018

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

16 June 2023

Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
51.5608	-0.00333122	51.5292	-0.0905352

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Schwalb, A
Associated roles	Bothamley, G (Principal Investigator), Houben, Rein M. G. J. (Co-Investigator) and Schwalb, A (Co-Investigator)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Department of Infection Biology
Research Centre	TB Centre
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom