TY - JOUR AU - Adebo, Senait AU - Eckerle, Judith AU - Andrews, Mary AU - Howard, Cynthia AU - John, Chandy T1 - Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 7 SP - 1227 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We screened 52 children adopted from Ethiopia for malaria because they had previously lived in a disease-endemic region or had past or current hepatomegaly or splenomegaly. Seven (13.5%) children had asymptomatic malaria parasitemia by microscopy (n = 2) or PCR (n = 5). Our findings suggest that adoptees at risk for asymptomatic malaria should be screened, preferably by PCR. KW - international adoption KW - infection KW - Ethiopia KW - malaria KW - asymptomatic parasitemia KW - parasites KW - vectorborne infections DO - 10.3201/eid2107.141933 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/7/14-1933_article ER - End of Reference