[Hepatitis A acquired from an asymptomatic adopted child].

Date publication

avril 2006

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BRONOWICKI Jean-Pierre , Pr PEYRIN-BIROULET Laurent

Tous les auteurs :
Peyrin-Biroulet L, Donnais A, Barraud H, Darfeuil F, Watelet J, Hudziak H, Bronowicki JP, Bigard MA, Chone L

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16733387

Résumé

We report the case of acute hepatitis in a 36-year-old woman that was acquired from an adopted African child with asymptomatic active infection. At present, most experts do not screen for hepatitis A. However, adoptive parents should be vaccinated against hepatitis A because of the risk of unrecognized active infection in adopted children from countries in which infection is endemic.

Référence

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2006 Apr;30(4):609-10.