Infection and Inflammation: Potential Triggers of Sudden Infant Deaths

Infection and Inflammation: Potential Triggers of Sudden Infant Deaths

There is a growing body of evidence that infectious agents or their products contribute to events leading to unexpected infant deaths. This issue summarizes the current information on the interactions between genetic background of the infant, environmental and developmental risk factors, and the mic...

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Main Author: Amanda Cox (auth)
Other Authors: Eugenie Ruth Lumbers (auth), Caroline Blackwell (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
Series:Frontiers Research Topics
Subjects:
Medicine
Virus infection
Sudden unexpected death in infancy
sudden infant death syndrome
Stillbirths
cigarette smoke
Risk factors
Animal Models
Mechanisms of Death
sex of infant
interactions between environmental and genetic risk factors
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Summary:There is a growing body of evidence that infectious agents or their products contribute to events leading to unexpected infant deaths. This issue summarizes the current information on the interactions between genetic background of the infant, environmental and developmental risk factors, and the microbial flora of the infant that could trigger lethal responses to common infections.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (94 p.)
ISBN:978-2-88945-049-7
9782889450497
Access:Open Access

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