title: [Maternal-infant transmission of the HTLV-1 virus].
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.
authors.affiliation: Département de Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verdier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Léonard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prince-David
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: M'Boup
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ranger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mounier
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Transmission mère-enfant du virus HTLV-1.