Current status of HTLV-1 carrier in Japanese pregnant women. (February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Suzuki, Shunji; Tanaka, Masanobu; Matsuda, Hideo; Tsukahara, Yuki; Kuribayashi, Yasushi; Gomibuchi, Hideto; Miyazaki, Ryoichiro; Kamiya, Naoki; Nakai, Akihito; Kinoshita, Katsuyuki
• Is Part Of: Journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine. Volume 27:Number 3(2014:Mar.)
• Page Start: 312
• Page End: 313
• Publication Date: 2014-02
• Subjects: Obstetrics -- Periodicals; Perinatology -- Periodicals; Infants (Newborn) -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Neonatology -- Periodicals; 618.2
• DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.814631
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-7058

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>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.</p> </abstract>