Vaccination status and prevalence of enteric viruses in internationally adopted children. The case of Parma, Italy.
On age basis, internationally adopted children may have begun or fully completed all required vaccinations, but official documentation from original Countries is frequently insufficient. Aims of this study were to evaluate the seroprotection rate for tuberculosis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis and tetanus according to immunization cards in 67 children recently adopted and to test the prevalence of enterovirus on faecal specimens. Seroprotection and vaccination status were frequently inconsistent and these results confirm that immunitary surveillance is a cornerstone for the prevention of diseases for which a vaccination is available. (www.actabiomedica.it).
Department of Public Health, Parma Medical School, University of Parma, Italy. licia.veronesi@unipr.it
Licia
L
Veronesi
Raffaele
R
Virdis
Sabrina
S
Bizzoco
Maria Eugenia
ME
Colucci
Paola
P
Affanni
Francesca
F
Paganuzzi
Matteo
M
Riccò
Emanuela
E
Capobianco
Maria Luisa
ML
Tanzi
D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D000914:Antibodies, Viral