1.
Med Clin (Barc)
; 135(2): 67-9, 2010 Jun 12.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19560171
Subject(s)
HIV Infections/epidemiology , HIV-2 , HTLV-I Infections/epidemiology , HTLV-II Infections/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Africa/ethnology , Age Distribution , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Blood Donors , Child , Child, Preschool , Emigrants and Immigrants , Female , HIV Infections/congenital , HIV Infections/prevention & control , HIV Infections/transmission , HIV Infections/virology , HTLV-I Infections/congenital , HTLV-I Infections/prevention & control , HTLV-I Infections/transmission , HTLV-II Infections/congenital , HTLV-II Infections/prevention & control , HTLV-II Infections/transmission , Humans , India/ethnology , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical , Male , Mass Screening , Middle Aged , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology , Sex Distribution , Sexual Behavior , Spain/epidemiology , Transfusion Reaction , Young Adult
2.
Eur J Epidemiol
; 13(1): 121-2, 1997 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9062792
ABSTRACT
In order to evaluate the presence of HTLV-II infection in a cohort of newborns born from HIV-1 infected mothers, a retrospective study was conducted on 80 newborns. Only 1 birth serum sample (1.25%) was found seropositive for HTLV-II by Western Blot suggesting a transplacental transmission of anti-HTLV-II antibodies. Two consecutive PCR performed on PBMCs of the seropositive newborn resulted negative suggest the absence of the infection. More extensive studies are needed to assess the risk of transmission in areas with a higher prevalence of HTLV-II infection.
