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rdf:type | |
lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2-3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1994-5-6
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pubmed:abstractText |
The percentage of last-born women among pregnant women who were seropositive for human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) significantly exceeded that among HTLV-I seronegative women (119/258 (46.1%): 89/251 (35.4%); P < 0.05). The findings suggest that last-born women are susceptible to HTLV-I infection. At least two possible interpretations of this birth-order effect are: (i) these last-born women were born to mothers who, on the average, were older than those of early-born women and, as a consequence, were more likely to have been seropositive and to have passed on HTLV-I to their daughters; (ii) husband-to-wife transmission of HTLV-I requires time to occur, so last-born women are more likely than early-born women to become infected.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0304-3835
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
30
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pubmed:volume |
76
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
191-5
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Birth Order,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-HTLV-I Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Incidence,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Japan,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Pregnancy,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Pregnancy Complications, Infectious,
pubmed-meshheading:8149349-Risk Factors
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pubmed:year |
1994
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Risk of HTLV-I infection in Japanese women who are last in birth order.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Letter,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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