[Maternal-infant transmission of the HTLV-1 virus].
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.
Denis
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Département de Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France.
Bonis
J
J
Verdier
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M
Léonard
G
G
Prince-David
M
M
M'Boup
S
S
Ranger
S
S
Mounier
M
M
D000818:Animals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Transmission mère-enfant du virus HTLV-1.