European Journal of Dermatology
MENUSkin diseases in internationally adopted children Volume 26, issue 4, July-August 2016
Authors
1 Infectious Diseases Unit
2 Laboratory of Parasitology,
Gabriel Montpied Hospital
Gabriel Montpied Hospital
3 Department of General Medicine,
University Clermont 1
University Clermont 1
4 Dermatology Unit,
“CHU-Estaing”
“CHU-Estaing”
6 Clermont University,
UMR CNRS 6023 Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE),
Université d’Auvergne,
CHU Clermont-Ferrand,
Clermont-Ferrand, France
UMR CNRS 6023 Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE),
Université d’Auvergne,
CHU Clermont-Ferrand,
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Key words: international adoption, skin disease, Tinea capitis, scabies
- DOI : 10.1684/ejd.2016.2775
- Page(s) : 370-2
- Published in: 2016
Many would-be parents in northern countries have turned to international adoption. The United States, Italy and France are the main destinations for adoptees, who come from numerous countries across the globe, typically Haiti, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Colombia and China [1-3]. Disease rates are high in newly-adopted children from other countries due to high prevalences of certain infectious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis, malaria) in the country of origin, poor social and economic status of the native family, [...]