title: Chronic hepatitis B in adopted Romanian children.
abstract: Four of five Romanian orphans adopted by U.S. families were found to have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection after negative test results were reported in Romania before adoption. Another child with known HBV infection was found to be coinfected with hepatitis D virus. There is a high incidence of HBV infection in Romanian orphans, and results of tests for HBV are unreliable in Romania.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Zwiener
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Fielman
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Squires
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012383:Romania / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States