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PICO
Question: Among internationally adopted children, what are the rates and types of infectious diseases and how often are these diseases transmitted to adoptive families?
Question type: Descriptive
Study design: Retrospective cohort
Investigators from France sought to determine the rates and types of infectious diseases among internationally adopted children and the frequency of transmission of these diseases to adoptive family members. All children seen in the Clermont-Ferrand Hospital adoption clinic in France from 2009 to 2011 were eligible and had their medical records reviewed for demographic, laboratory, radiologic, vaccination, and clinical data. Screening at the adoption clinic included serologies for hepatitis (A, B, and C), cytomegalovirus (CMV), syphilis, …
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