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Prevalence of infectious diseases in newly arrived internationally adopted children

Prevalence of infectious diseases in newly arrived internationally adopted children
Condition Country or region
Russia China Guatemala Korea Africa
Hepatitis A
- Acute <1 percent 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent 2 percent
- Past 18 percent 9 percent 32 percent 0 percent 68 percent
Hepatitis B
- Chronic <1 percent 2 percent 0 percent 0 percent 3 percent
- Past recovered 2 percent 6 percent 2 percent 6 percent 9 percent
Hepatitis C <1 percent 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent
Syphilis <1 percent <1 percent <1 percent 0 percent 5 percent
HIV 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent 2 percent
Latent tuberculosis 22 percent 18 percent 32 percent 6 percent 27 percent
Intestinal parasites (pathogen) 44 percent 14 percent 10 percent 0 percent 49 percent
- Giardia intestinalis 30 percent 11 percent 6 percent 0 percent 32 percent
- Helminths <1 percent <1 percent <1 percent <1 percent 15 percent
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.
Data from:
  1. Abdulla RY, Rice MA, Donauer S, et al. Hepatitis A in internationally adopted children: Screening for acute and previous infection. Pediatrics 2010; 126:e1039.
  2. Stadler LP, Mezoff AG, Staat MA. Hepatitis B virus screening for internationally adopted children. Pediatrics 2008; 122:1223.
  3. Trehan I, Meinzen-Derr JK, Jamison L, Staat MA. Tuberculosis screening in internationally adopted children: the need for initial and repeat testing. Pediatrics 2008; 122:e7.
  4. Staat MA, Rice M, Donauer S, et al. Intestinal parasite screening in internationally adopted children: Importance of testing multiple stool specimens. Pediatrics 2011; 128:e613.
  5. Staat MA, Rice M, Leach K, Rawlings A. Medical Conditions in Internationally Adopted Children from Africa [abstract]. Pediatric Academy Societies Annual Meeting: Boston Massachusetts, 2012.
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