Infectious Disease Screening of International Adoptees: A 7-Year Experience.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Orr, Mary M., ; Molina, Adolfo L.; Hanna, Samantha L.; Kiser, Carin; Hofto, Meghan E.
- Source
- Clinical Pediatrics; Feb2024, Vol. 63 Issue 2, p153-157, 5p
- Subject
- Retrospective studies
Comparative studies
Adopted children
International agencies
Children
Communicable disease epidemiology
Communicable disease diagnosis
HIV infections
Viral hepatitis
Congenital, hereditary, & infantile syphilis
Medical screening
Chi-squared test
Descriptive statistics
Disease prevalence
Tuberculosis
Intestinal parasites
Data analysis software
Netherlands
United States
Europe
Asia
China
- Language
- ISSN
- 00099228
The article presents a study which compared the prevalence of commonly screened infections in internationally adopted children as a distinct population seen at an international adoption clinic (IAC) by region of adoption. Topics discussed include demographics and testing results by region, overall rate of positive tuberculosis screening, and the decline in the number of children adopted from other countries since the global pandemic.