Table 4.
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 |
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