title: Hepatitis A among international adoptees and their contacts.
abstract: We identified 27 cases of hepatitis A among international adoptees (5 persons), their direct or indirect contacts (20 persons), and unvaccinated travelers to the adoptees' countries (2 persons). Most cases occurred among nontraveling contacts of adoptees, suggesting the need to extend prevention guidelines to include hepatitis A vaccination for at-risk nontravelers.
authors.affiliation: Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. gefischer@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Gayle E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Eyasu H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Teshale
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Casey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: Franny
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Elson
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horan
authors.forename: Christie M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Perz
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016358:Contact Tracing; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010176:Panama / Q000208:ethnology; D010679:Philippines / Q000208:ethnology; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines