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

• Autori principali: Carolina Rosadas (Autore), Jennifer H Tosswill (Autore), Richard Tedder (Autore), Graham P Taylor (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: 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...