TABLE 3.
Markers of selected infectious diseases (by country of origin) in children evaluated at the Yale International Adoption Clinic from September 2003 to March 2005a
| Country (n) | No. positive/no. tested (% positive)
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| Giardia antigen | HBsAb | VZV IgG | VDRL/FTA | Scabies | |
| Russia (33) | 7/26 (27) | 26/32 (81) | 3/12 (25) | 1/30 (3.3) | 5/33 (15) |
| China (32) | 3/17 (17.6) | 20/30 (66) | 1/18 (5.5) | 0/29 | 4/32 (12.5) |
| Guatemala (10) | 0/8 | 7/9 (77) | 0/6 | 1/10 (10) | 0/10 |
| Kazakhstan (9) | 0/5 | 7/9 (77) | 4/8 (50) | 0/9 | 1/9 (11) |
| Ukraine (5) | 3/4 (75) | 2/5 (40) | 0/3 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| Poland (3) | 0/3 | 1/3 (33) | 3/3 (100) | 0/3 | 0/3 |
| Ethiopia (3) | 1/3 (33)b | 2/3 (66) | 0/3 | 0/3 | |
| Korea (3) | 0/2 | 3/3 (100) | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/3 |
| Georgia (2) | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1/2 (50) | 0/2 | |
| Belarus (2) | 1/2 (50) | 1/2 (50) | 1/1 (100) | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| India (2) | 0/2 | 2/2 (100) | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
| Romania (1) | 0/1 | ||||
| Total (105) | 14/70 (20) | 70/100 (70) | 14/55 (25) | 3/98 (3.1)c | 10/105 (9.5) |
a
All patients were seronegative for antibodies to HIV and hepatitis C virus. Additional infections diagnosed included visceral larva migrans in one child from Guatemala and head lice in one child from Ethiopia.
b
One child was found to have circulating HBsAg and HBcAb in the absence of HBsAb, consistent with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
c
One child was FTA positive and VDRL negative in serum, with a preadoption record of treatment for congenital syphilis. The other two children were positive for both VDRL and FTA.