Hepatitis B Virus screening for internationally adopted children

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1223-1228

  Stadler, Laura Patricia ^a   Mezoff, Adam G ^b   Staat, Mary Allen ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis b; International adoption; Serological testing; Vaccine preventable disease

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOPTED CHILD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONALLYADOPTED CHILD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; ADOPTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOPTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249085582     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2559     Document Type: Article

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