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Current status of HTLV-1 carrier in Japanese pregnant women

Authors :
Katsuyuki Kinoshita
Masanobu Tanaka
Naoki Kamiya
Shunji Suzuki
Yuki Tsukahara
Hideo Matsuda
Akihito Nakai
Gynecologists
Yasushi Kuribayashi
Hideto Gomibuchi
Ryoichiro Miyazaki
Source :
The journal of maternal-fetalneonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 27(3)
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

We examined the current status of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) carrier in Japanese pregnant women, according to the results of HTLV-1 screening and confirmation tests of women who gave birth in Japan in 2011. We requested 2642 obstetrical facilities to provide information of HTLV-1 tests and 71.3% of them responded. Considering the response rate and the rate of implementation of confirmation tests, the number of HTLV-1 carrier in Japanese pregnant women was estimated to be 1620 (0.16%) per year.

Details

ISSN :
14764954
Volume :
27
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The journal of maternal-fetalneonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....6d5f1b176319962f113c697da2051f83