Document 0898
 DOCN  M9470898
 TI    Marriage patterns among HTLV-I seropositive women in Japan [letter]
 DT    9409
 AU    Umemoto M; Take H; Kusuhara K; Kuraya K
 SO    Cancer Lett. 1994 Jun 30;81(2):237-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94282727
 AB    A significantly higher percentage of asymptomatic HTLV-I seropositive
       pregnant women in the Kagoshima prefecture were married to men who were
       also born in that prefecture compared with seronegative women
       [138/166(83.1%), 221/306 (72.2%); P < 0.01]. A significantly higher
       percentage of the fathers of the seropositive women were born in the
       Kagoshima prefecture compared with the fathers of the seronegative women
       [152/166 (91.6%), 235/306 (76.8%); P < 0.01]. Additionally, a
       significantly higher seropositivity was found among pregnant women born
       in the Kagoshima prefecture who were married to men born in that
       prefecture compared with men born in other prefectures [5.8% (138/2374),
       3.4% (28/819); P < 0.01]. Women born in other prefectures had a
       significantly lower seropositivity irrespective of the birthplace of
       their spouse [2.9% (12/418); P < 0.05, 3.0% (7/234)]. These findings
       indicate that HTLV-I seropositive women and their mothers chose their
       husbands from a smaller geographic region than seronegative women. This
       marriage pattern within an HTLV-I seropositive group may be one of the
       factors sustaining the present seroprevalence of HTLV-I.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Female  Human  HTLV-I Antibodies/*BLOOD  HTLV-I
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  Japan  Male  *Marriage  Pregnancy
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