ArticleLancet (London, England)2010
Infection-related stillbirths.
Article in Lancet (London, England), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03438110 (Project to Understand & Research Preterm Pregnancy Outcomes-South Asia), which is not on this map. Cited by 100 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Project to Understand & Research Preterm Pregnancy Outcomes-South Asia (PURPOSe)
Who cites it
100 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 235 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mapping the evidence on stillbirth prevention across the reproductive continuum: an umbrella review.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
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- Stillbirth With Group B Streptococcus Disease Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2017Pooled it
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increases Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2015Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions to screen and manage infections during pregnancy on reducing stillbirths: a review.BMC public health · 2011Pooled it
- The impact of enhancing nutrition and antenatal infection treatment on birth outcomes in Amhara, Ethiopia: a pragmatic factorial, cluster-randomised clinical effectiveness study.BMJ global health · 2025Trial
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- Aetiology, survival time and mortality predictors among early neonates at two tertiary hospitals of Lusaka, Zambia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- High burden of histology-confirmed placental malaria and associated adverse birth outcomes among primigravidae in Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- Maternal infection at delivery and risk of stillbirth and early neonatal death: nested case-control studies in East African pregnancy cohorts.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Factors associated with stillbirth in São Paulo, Brazil: FetRiskS - a multidisciplinary case-control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Granulysin-high decidual NK cells in macaques and humans share signatures of immune defense.Cell reports · 2025Article
- Maternal sepsis due to Bacteroides fragilis: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Review
- Diagnostic evaluation to identify infection-attributable stillbirth.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Infection-Related Stillbirths: A Detailed Examination of a Nine-Year Multidisciplinary Study.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Is It Possible to Prevent the Thanatogenetic Processes in Premature Babies?Clinics and practice · 2024Article
- Association of common maternal infections with birth outcomes: a multinational cohort study.Infection · 2024Article
- The maternal drug exposure birth cohort (DEBC) in China.Nature communications · 2024Article
- A Study on the Possible Link of Brucellosis to Increased Stillbirths in the Maltese Islands from 1919 to 1954.Public health challenges · 2024Article
40 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Infection is an important cause of stillbirths worldwide: in low-income and middle-income countries, 50% of stillbirths or more are probably caused by infection. By contrast, in high-income countries only 10-25% of stillbirths are caused by infection. Syphilis, where prevalent, causes most infectious stillbirths, and is the infection most amenable to screening and treatment. Ascending bacterial infection is a common cause of stillbirths, but prevention has proven elusive. Many viral infections cause stillbirths but aside from vaccination for common childhood diseases, we do not have a clear prevention strategy. Malaria, because of its high prevalence and extensive placental damage, accounts for large numbers of stillbirths. Intermittent malarial prophylaxis and insecticide-treated bednets should decrease stillbirths. Many infections borne by animals and vectors cause stillbirths, and these types of infections occur frequently in low-income countries. Research that better defines the relation between these infections and stillbirths, and develops strategies to reduce associated adverse outcomes, should play an important part in reduction of stillbirths in low-income countries.
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