Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 infection in an Indigenous Australian population: epidemiological insights from a hospital-based cohort study

Table 4 Estimated numbers of infants born to HTLV-1 infected mothers, 2010-2012

Maternal residence	Live infants	HTLV-1 infected women (15–40 years)		Infants at risk^b
Maternal residence	Live infants	WB+/tested^a	%	Infants at risk^b
Remote^c
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 Springs^d	422	38/132	29	122
Tennant Creek^e	131	0/21	0	0
Total^f	1351	95/415	23	297

Abbreviations: HTLV-1, infection with the Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1, WB+ western blot positive
^aThe number of women aged 15–40 years who tested positive for HTLV-1 infection divided by the number tested
^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
^cResidence in a remote community according to quadrant relative to Alice Springs
^dAny residence in the Alice Springs township
^eResidence in the township of Tennant Creek
^fExcluding 3 infants born to women from outside the region and 1 whose place of residence could not be ascertained