Posttravel hepatitis A: probable acquisition from an asymptomatic adopted child.
We report a case of acute hepatitis A in an adoptive parent that was probably acquired from a recently adopted child with asymptomatic, active infection. Prospective adoptive parents should be protected against hepatitis A because of potential exposure during travel and the risk of unrecognized active infection in adopted children.
Wilson
M E
ME
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. mary_wilson@harvard.edu
Kimble
J
J
D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012426:Russia; D014195:Travel