Hepatitis B Virus Screening for Internationally Adopted Children

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pp. 235-236
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J.A. Stockman
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pp. 1223-1228 ◽  
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A. G. Mezoff ◽  
M. A. Staat

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DANA JOHNSON

In Reply.— We thank Dr Sokol for his detailed comments on hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in internationally adopted children. Several issues which he has raised deserve special attention. 1. Previous reports of HBV infection in internationally adopted children had detected a substantially lower preyalence of this disease than did our study.1-5 Indeed, two studies in Korean infants3,5 place the prevalence of HBV infection at 2.8% to 4.3%, a figure which is approximately one third of that reported for Asian countries as a whole in surveillance studies conducted by the World Health Organization.6


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Maria Aguilar ◽  
Priya Patel ◽  
David Irwin ◽  
Stephen Yee ◽  
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Vaccines ◽  
2020 ◽  
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pp. 489
Author(s):  
Angela Bechini ◽  
Sara Boccalini ◽  
Ilaria Rancan ◽  
Luisa Galli ◽  
Beatrice Zanella ◽  
...  

Internationally Adopted Children (IAC) often show suboptimal immunisation coverage, but available data are discordant. Data at the first evaluation of 2073 IAC (median age: 6 years) referred to the Meyer Children’s University Hospital (Florence, Italy) in 2009–2019 were analysed in order to evaluate their immunisation status against diphtheria, tetanus, and hepatitis B. Negative antibody titres were observed in 11.5% of the IAC for diphtheria, 18.6% for tetanus, and 39.0% for hepatitis B. At multivariate analysis, originating from Africa was an independent risk factor for seronegativity for the three diseases (p < 0.001), while age below four years was an independent factor associated with protective immunity, only considering hepatitis B (p < 0.001). Vaccine documentation was an additional factor independently associated with protective immunity. However, a discrepancy between documentation (indicating previous vaccinations) and serology (showing negative antibody titres) was evidenced in 3.8% of the children for diphtheria, 12.6% for tetanus, and 29.6% for hepatitis B. This finding suggests that although vaccine documentation may reflect the presence of protective antibody titres, it should not be accepted as absolute evidence of protective immunity, underlining the importance of a complete assessment of immunisation status in IAC, particularly in those originating from Africa and aged over four years.


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Joanna Drozd-Sokołowska ◽  
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Joanna Barankiewicz ◽  
Elżbieta Zalewska ◽  
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M. G. Ghany ◽  
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