In order to evaluate the protective role of the maternal antibody against mother-to-child transmission of HTLV-I, we followed a total of 780 children born to HTLV-I carrier mothers by investigating the level of anti-HTLV-l antibody transferred in utero, decline of the maternal antibody and seroconve
The Effects of Breastfeeding and Presence of Antibody to p40 tax Protein of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-I on Mother to Child Transmission
โ Scribed by HIRATA, MIKI; HAYASHI, JUN; NOGUCHI, AKINORI; NAKASHIMA, KOYA; KAJIYAMA, WATARU; KASHIWAGI, SEIZABURO; SAWADA, TAKASHI
- Book ID
- 125814050
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 405 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-5771
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