Article
Provirus Load in Breast Milk and Risk of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I
13 Sept 2004
Abstract excerpt
In a prospective study of 101 mother-child pairs in Jamaica, we examined the association of provirus load in breast milk and the risk of mother-to-child transmission of human T lymphotropic virus type I. The provirus load in breast milk was a strong predictor of risk of transmission to children (relative risk, 2.34/quartile), after adjustment for other known risk factors. The risk of transmission increased from...
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