Maternal residence | Live infants | HTLV-1 infected women (15–40 years) | Infants at riskb
|
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WB+/testeda
| % |
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Remotec
| Â | Â | Â | Â |
 North | 273 | 6/88 | 7 | 19 |
 East | 98 | 3/22 | 14 | 14 |
 South | 167 | 26/53 | 49 | 82 |
 West | 260 | 22/99 | 23 | 60 |
Alice Springsd
| 422 | 38/132 | 29 | 122 |
Tennant Creeke
| 131 | 0/21 | 0 | 0 |
Totalf
| 1351 | 95/415 | 23 | 297 |
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Abbreviations: HTLV-1, infection with the Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1, WB+ western blot positive
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aThe number of women aged 15–40 years who tested positive for HTLV-1 infection divided by the number tested
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bThe number of infants at risk of mother-to-child HTLV-1 infection was calculated by multiplying the estimated number of HTLV-1 infected women aged 15–40 years by the number of live infants whose mothers resided in each location
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cResidence in a remote community according to quadrant relative to Alice Springs
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dAny residence in the Alice Springs township
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eResidence in the township of Tennant Creek
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fExcluding 3 infants born to women from outside the region and 1 whose place of residence could not be ascertained