Prevalence ratio of HTLV-1 in nursing mothers from the state of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-292

  Pimenta, Flávia C F ^a   Kashima Haddad, Simone ^b   de Medeiros, João G ^a   Costa, Maria José C ^a   Diniz, Margareth F M ^a   Fernandes, Melina P ^a   de Araújo, Lenisio B ^a   Pombo de Oliveira, Maria S ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b Molecular Laboratory of Hemocentro   (Brazil)

^c Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Group   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding infants; HTLV 1 II infection; Nursing mothers

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDATORY TESTING; MILK PRODUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 48449099182     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334408316084     Document Type: Article

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