Hepatitis A among international adoptees and their contacts.
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.
Fischer
Gayle E
GE
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
Teshale
Eyasu H
EH
Miller
Claudia
C
Schumann
Casey
C
Winter
Kathleen
K
Elson
Franny
F
Horan
Katherine
K
Reed
Christie M
CM
Armstrong
Gregory L
GL
Perz
Joseph F
JF
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
D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines