Risk of early-onset neonatal infection with maternal infection or colonization: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Neonatal infections cause a significant proportion of deaths in the first week of life, yet little is known about risk factors and pathways of transmission for early-onset neonatal sepsis globally. We aimed to estimate the risk of neonatal infection (excluding sexually...

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Main Authors: Grace J Chan, Anne C C Lee, Abdullah H Baqui, Jingwen Tan, Robert E Black
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23976885/?tool=EBI