title: Immunizations and infectious disease screening for internationally adopted children.
abstract: Health care professionals play a critical role in providing age-appropriate immunizations and assessing newly arrived internationally adopted children for infectious diseases. A systematic approach to screening for infectious diseases combined with assessment of signs and symptoms that could be related to diseases prevalent in the child's country of origin supports children's long-term health and that of their new families.
authors.affiliation: Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Room 503, Boston Medical Center, 774 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Barnett
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014481:United States