Effect of Puerperal Infections on Early Neonatal Mortality: A Secondary Analysis of Six Demographic and Health Surveys

Saverio Bellizzi, Quique Bassat, Mohamed M Ali, Howard L Sobel and Marleen Temmerman

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Background: Around 1.5 million annual neonatal deaths occur in the first week of life, and infections represent one of the major causes in developing countries. Neonatal sepsis is often strictly connected to infection of the maternal genital tract during labour. Methods: The association between signs suggestive of puerperal infection and early neonatal mortality (

Date: 2017
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