Neonatal

“...Neonatal and adult inclusion conjunctivitis result from exposure to infected genital secretions...”

“...However, CMV infection during pregnancy can be hazardous to the fetus, possibly leading to stillbirth, brain damage, other birth defects, or neonatal illness.  Cytomegalovirus has been found in the saliva, respiratory droplets, urine, semen, breast milk, feces, blood (transfusions), and vaginal and cervical secretions of infected persons...”

“...include burns, leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, unhealed graft donor sites, abscesses, boils, pilonidal cysts, infected wounds from lower limb surgery, necrotizing fasciitis, and neonatal postoperative wound infection...”

“...Studies have confirmed that smoking increases the rate of low birth weight babies, premature babies, spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, neonatal death, abruptio placentae, placenta previa, bleeding during pregnancy, prolonged rupture of membranes, and impaired development of the infant...”

“...that children develop improved visual acuity and achieve a higher verbal IQ when breast-fed because they receive a fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), found in breast milk [Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2001;84: pp.23-7].  The amount of DHA found in breast milk increases with the consumption of oily fish or when otherwise supplemented and decreases when less DHA is consumed...”

“...Chlamydia may also result in adverse outcomes of pregnancy, including neonatal conjunctivitis and pneumonia...”

“...According to the WHO it is estimated that about 49,000 newborn children were killed by neonatal Tetanus in 2013...”