1. Infectious Disease Screening of International Adoptees: A 7-Year Experience.
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Orr, Mary M., Molina, Adolfo L., Hanna, Samantha L., Kiser, Carin, and Hofto, Meghan E.
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COMMUNICABLE disease epidemiology , *COMMUNICABLE disease diagnosis , *HIV infections , *VIRAL hepatitis , *CONGENITAL, hereditary, & infantile syphilis , *MEDICAL screening , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *COMPARATIVE studies , *ADOPTED children , *CHI-squared test , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *DISEASE prevalence , *TUBERCULOSIS , *INTESTINAL parasites , *INTERNATIONAL agencies , *DATA analysis software , *CHILDREN - Abstract
The article presents a study which compared the prevalence of commonly screened infections in internationally adopted children as a distinct population seen at an international adoption clinic (IAC) by region of adoption. Topics discussed include demographics and testing results by region, overall rate of positive tuberculosis screening, and the decline in the number of children adopted from other countries since the global pandemic.
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- 2024
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