Implementation of nationwide screening of pregnant women for HTLV-1 infection in Japan: analysis of a repeated cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Naohiro Yonemoto (Author), Shunji Suzuki (Author), Akihiko Sekizawa (Author), Shinichi Hoshi (Author), Yoko Sagara (Author), Kazuo Itahashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Screening of pregnant women carrying human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has a crucial role in reducing the number of HTLV-1 carriers. A national HTLV-1 screening program for pregnant women was started in 2011 in Japan. The purpose of this study is to report on the impleme...