Estimates of possible severe bacterial infection in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America for 2012: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 731-741

  Seale, Anna C ^a,b   Blencowe, Hannah ^c   Manu, Alexander A ^c   Nair, Harish ^d,e   Bahl, Rajiv ^f   Qazi, Shamim A ^f   Zaidi, Anita K ^g   Berkley, James A ^a,b   Cousens, Simon N ^c   Lawn, Joy E ^c,h   Agustian, Dwi ⁱ   Althabe, Fernando ⁱ   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ⁱ   Baqui, Abdullah H ⁱ   Bausch, Daniel G ⁱ   Belizan, Jose M ⁱ   Qar Bhutta, Zulfi ⁱ   Black, Robert E ⁱ   Broor, Shobha ⁱ   Bruce, Nigel ⁱ   Buekens, Pierre ⁱ   Campbell, Harry ⁱ   Carlo, Waldemar A ⁱ   Chomba, Elwyn ⁱ   Costello, Anthony ⁱ   Derman, Richard J ⁱ   Dherani, Mukesh ⁱ   El Arifeen, Shams ⁱ   Engmann, Cyril ⁱ   Esamai, Fabian ⁱ   Ganatra, Hammad ⁱ   Garcés, Ana ⁱ   Gessner, Bradford D ⁱ   Gill, Christopher ⁱ   Goldenberg, Robert L ⁱ   Goudar, Shivaprasad S ⁱ   Hambidge, K Michael ⁱ   Hamer, Davidson H ⁱ   Hansen, Nellie I ⁱ   Hibberd, Patricia L ⁱ   Khanal, Sudhir ⁱ   Kirkwood, Betty ⁱ   Kosgei, Patrick ⁱ   Koso Thomas, Marion ⁱ   Liechty, Edward A ⁱ   McClure, Elizabeth M ⁱ   Mitra, Dipak ⁱ   Mturi, Neema ⁱ   Mullany, Luke C ⁱ   Newton, Charles R ⁱ   Nosten, Francois ⁱ   Parveen, Shama ⁱ   Patel, Archana ⁱ   Romero, Candice ⁱ   Saville, Naomi ⁱ   Semrau, Katherine ⁱ   Simões, Eric A F ⁱ   Soofi, Sajid ⁱ   Stoll, Barbara J ⁱ   Sunder, Shiyam ⁱ   Syed, Sana ⁱ   Tielsch, James M ⁱ   Tinoco, Yeny O ⁱ   Turner, Claudia ⁱ   Vergnano, Stefania ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Centre   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^h SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

ⁱ Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISABILITY; FATALITY; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84904724512     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70804-7     Document Type: Article

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