Prevalence of infectious diseases in newly arrived internationally adopted children

Condition	Country or region
Condition	Russia	China	Guatemala	Korea	Africa
Hepatitis A
- Acute	<1 percent	0 percent	0 percent	0 percent	2 percent
- Past	18 percent	9 percent	32 percent	0 percent	68 percent
Hepatitis B
- Chronic	<1 percent	2 percent	0 percent	0 percent	3 percent
- Past recovered	2 percent	6 percent	2 percent	6 percent	9 percent
Hepatitis C	<1 percent	0 percent	0 percent	0 percent	0 percent
Syphilis	<1 percent	<1 percent	<1 percent	0 percent	5 percent
HIV	0 percent	0 percent	0 percent	0 percent	2 percent
Latent tuberculosis	22 percent	18 percent	32 percent	6 percent	27 percent
Intestinal parasites (pathogen)	44 percent	14 percent	10 percent	0 percent	49 percent
- Giardia intestinalis	30 percent	11 percent	6 percent	0 percent	32 percent
- Helminths	<1 percent	<1 percent	<1 percent	<1 percent	15 percent

HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.

Data from:

Abdulla RY, Rice MA, Donauer S, et al. Hepatitis A in internationally adopted children: Screening for acute and previous infection. Pediatrics 2010; 126:e1039.
Stadler LP, Mezoff AG, Staat MA. Hepatitis B virus screening for internationally adopted children. Pediatrics 2008; 122:1223.
Trehan I, Meinzen-Derr JK, Jamison L, Staat MA. Tuberculosis screening in internationally adopted children: the need for initial and repeat testing. Pediatrics 2008; 122:e7.
Staat MA, Rice M, Donauer S, et al. Intestinal parasite screening in internationally adopted children: Importance of testing multiple stool specimens. Pediatrics 2011; 128:e613.
Staat MA, Rice M, Leach K, Rawlings A. Medical Conditions in Internationally Adopted Children from Africa [abstract]. Pediatric Academy Societies Annual Meeting: Boston Massachusetts, 2012.

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