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

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

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

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