[Hepatitis A acquired from an asymptomatic adopted child].
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.
Peyrin-Biroulet
Laurent
L
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
Donnais
Anthony
A
Barraud
Hélène
H
Darfeuil
Fabien
F
Watelet
Jérôme
J
Hudziak
Hervé
H
Bronowicki
Jean-Pierre
JP
Bigard
Marc-André
MA
Chone
Laurence
L
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
D007075:Immunoglobulin M