title: [Hepatitis A acquired from an asymptomatic adopted child].
abstract: We report the case of acute hepatitis in a 36-year-old woman that was acquired from an adopted African child with asymptomatic active infection. At present, most experts do not screen for hepatitis A. However, adoptive parents should be vaccinated against hepatitis A because of the risk of unrecognized active infection in adopted children from countries in which infection is endemic.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie et Laboratoire de Pathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire en Nutrition-INSERM 0014, CHU Nancy-Brabois, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy. peyrin-biroulet@netcourrier.com
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peyrin-Biroulet
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donnais
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barraud
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Darfeuil
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watelet
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hudziak
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bronowicki
authors.forename: Marc-André
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bigard
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chone
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012698:Serologic Tests
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M