Sudden infant death syndrome: What questions should we ask?

Authors
Pearce, JL Luke, RKJ Bettelheim, KA
Citation
Jl. Pearce et al., Sudden infant death syndrome: What questions should we ask?, FEMS IM MED, 25(1-2), 1999, pp. 7-10
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology
Journal title
FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09288244 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
7 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0928-8244(19990801)25:1-2<7:SIDSWQ>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A limited historical perspective can affect the questions we pose about the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) issue. Evidence is presented from the literature that the SIDS rate in Western countries was low prior to World W ar II and peaked in the 1980s. An analogy is drawn with the trends in the p revalence of some infectious diseases, and questions are posed from the per spective of a bacterial toxin hypothesis of SIDS causation. (C) 1999 Publis hed by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.