PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Paul Nathan Goldwater TI - Infection: the neglected paradigm in SIDS research AID - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312327 DP - 2017 Aug 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 767--772 VI - 102 IP - 8 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/102/8/767.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/102/8/767.full SO - Arch Dis Child2017 Aug 01; 102 AB - Despite decades of investigation and millions of dollars spent, the cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) eludes researchers. It is timely therefore to reconsider the reasons for this failure and to explore how research might go forward with better prospects. This review assesses SIDS research in the context of clinicopathological and epidemiological features and determines that only infection attains congruence.