Provirus load in breast milk and risk of mother-to-child transmission of human T lymphotropic virus type I

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1275-1278

  Li, Hong Chuan ^a   Biggar, Robert J ^a   Miley, Wendell J ^b   Maloney, Elizabeth M ^a   Cranston, Beverley ^c   Hanchard, Barrie ^c   Hisada, Michie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INFANT; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROVIRUSES; RISK; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 4644235345     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423941     Document Type: Article

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