Hepatitis A among International Adoptees and Their Contacts

Hepatitis A among International Adoptees and Their Contacts

We identified 27 cases of hepatitis A among international adoptees (5 persons), their direct or indirect contacts (20 persons), and unvaccinated travelers to the adoptees' countries (2 persons). Most cases occurred among nontraveling contacts of adoptees, suggesting the need to extend preventio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical infectious diseases 2008-09, Vol.47 (6), p.812-814
Hauptverfasser: Fischer, Gayle E., Teshale, Eyasu H., Miller, Claudia, Schumann, Casey, Winter, Kathleen, Elson, Franny, Horan, Katherine, Reed, Christie M., Armstrong, Gregory L., Perz, Joseph F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adopted children
Adoption
Adult
Brief Reports
Child care
Child, Preschool
Contact Tracing
Disease prevention
Ethiopia - ethnology
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A - epidemiology
Hepatitis A - prevention & control
Hepatitis A - transmission
Hepatitis A Vaccines - therapeutic use
Hepatitis A virus
Humans
Immunization
Infections
International adoption
Panama - ethnology
Philippines - ethnology
Preventive medicine
Travel
Travel medicine
Travelers
United States - epidemiology
Vaccination
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Zusammenfassung:We identified 27 cases of hepatitis A among international adoptees (5 persons), their direct or indirect contacts (20 persons), and unvaccinated travelers to the adoptees' countries (2 persons). Most cases occurred among nontraveling contacts of adoptees, suggesting the need to extend prevention guidelines to include hepatitis A vaccination for at-risk nontravelers.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/591199