Low frequency of hepatitis C antibodies among children from foreign countries adopted in Swedish families
(1990) In Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 22(5). p.619-620- Abstract
- 89 children from 20 countries adopted to Swedish parents between 1984 and 1988 were tested for the presence of hepatitis C antibodies (anti-HCV). Sera taken soon after their arrival to Sweden were retrospectively analyzed. Two children, an 18-month-old boy from Poland and an 8-month-old girl from India, were anti-HCV positive. The girl from India had lost the anti-HCV antibodies in sera taken at the age of 13 and 14 months. These antibodies were probably passively derived from the mother. The Polish boy had a strong positive reactivity and is likely to have had an HCV infection early in life. Thus, there is a low prevalence of anti-HCV positivity among children from foreign countries adopted in Swedish families.
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- author
- Johansson, Hugo LU ; Löfgren, Bengt LU and Nordenfelt, Erik
- organization
- publishing date
- 1990
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- volume
- 22
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 619 - 620
- publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- external identifiers
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- pmid:2175449
- scopus:0025103782
- ISSN
- 1651-1980
- DOI
- 10.3109/00365549009027106
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 1ad2d9a9-19ba-45a0-99a5-203e9c419f85 (old id 1105085)
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