Infectious diseases prevalence, vaccination coverage, and diagnostic challenges in a population of internationally adopted children referred to a Tertiary Care Children’s Hospital from 2009 to 2015 Sara Sollai, MD, Francesca Ghetti, MD, Leila Bianchi, MD, PhD, Maurizio de Martino, MD, Luisa Galli, MD, ∗ Elena Chiappini, MD, PhD Abstract
Infectious diseases are common in internationally adopted children (IAC). With the objective to evaluate infectious diseases prevalence in a large cohort of IAC and to explore possible risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) and parasitic infections, clinical and laboratory data at first screening visit of all IAC (
