Pregnancy does not adversely impact diagnostic tests for HTLV-1/2 infection.

• Auteurs principaux: Carolina Rosadas (Auteur), Jennifer H Tosswill (Auteur), Richard Tedder (Auteur), Graham P Taylor (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1(HTLV-1) contributes disproportionately to the burden of HTLV-1 associated diseases. All preventive measures to avoid MTCT rely on the identification of infected mothers. However, the impact of pregnancy on HTLV-1 diagnosis...