In this groundbreaking 1989 study on gestational Lyme, the question of Lyme possibly contributing to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) was raised. The author examined ten confirmed SIDS cases from the Suffolk County, NY health dept., and found spirochetes consistent with Bb in the brains of two of them (p. 675):
Fast forward to 2006... a new study suggests that SIDS results from brainstem abnormalities.
"The exact cause of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, has been a longtime medical mystery, but a study out Wednesday suggests that babies who die of SIDS have serious abnormalities in a brain region that controls breathing and heart rate."
"``I think this abnormality probably begins during gestation, in the womb, as the brainstem is developing,'' said Dr. Hannah Kinney, the senior author of the study, which was financed by the National Institutes of Health and a coalition of SIDS advocacy groups, including the CJ Foundation for SIDS in New Jersey."