title: Medical problems of internationally adopted children presenting to a travel medicine clinic in Nepal.
abstract: Dermatologic, respiratory, and gastrointestinal infections were the most commonly diagnosed conditions among adopted Nepali children presenting to a travel medicine clinic in Kathmandu. Surveillance and early treatment of infections in international adoptees in their birth country may help prevent the importation of infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center, Kathmandu, Nepal. johnnieyatesmd@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Johnnie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Prativa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014195:Travel