Chronic hepatitis B in adopted Romanian children.
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.
Zwiener
R J
RJ
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
Fielman
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Squires
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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