|
Maternal residence
|
Live infants
|
HTLV-1 infected women (15–40 years)
|
Infants at riskb
|
|---|
|
WB+/testeda
|
%
|
|---|
|
Remotec
| | | | |
|
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
