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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.

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