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[Maternal-infant transmission of the HTLV-1 virus]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1991;84(5 Pt 5):497-507. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92306243
Denis F; Bonis J; Verdier M; Leonard G; Prince-David M; M'Boup S; Ranger S; Mounier M; Departement de Bacteriologie-Virologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges,; France.

Abstract: The virus is transmitted horizontally via the bloodstream or sexual intercourse but vertical transmission is also believed to be a major mode of contamination. Between 20 and 25% of children born to seropositive mothers are believed to be infected and more than 90% of mothers whose children are found to be seropositive are themselves infected. If transplacental route appears to be exceptional or poorly documented, transmission by breast-feeding has been proved by virological, experimental and epidemiological arguments and is a major mode of contamination.
Keywords: Animal *Breast Feeding Disease Models, Animal English Abstract Female Human HTLV-I Infections/CONGENITAL/*TRANSMISSION Infant, Newborn *Maternal-Fetal Exchange Pregnancy *Pregnancy Complications, Infectious JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIALKWDanimalKWDbreastfeedingdiseasemodels,animalenglishabstractfemalehumanhtlv-iinfections/congenital/KWDtransmissioninfant,newbornKWDmaternal-fetalexchangepregnancyKWDpregnancycomplications,infectiousjournalarticlereviewreview,tutorial
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