Table 1. Main characteristics studies reporting prevalence of neonatal sepsis in Iran.

Authour	Publish year	Province	Number of neonates screened	Neonates with sepsis	Number of boys	Boys with sepsis	Number of girls	Girls with sepsis
Malakan Rad et al. [14]	2004	Isfahan	453	136	ND	ND	ND	ND
Fesharaki Nia et al. [15]	2004	South Khorasan	67	6	ND	ND	ND	ND
Khosravi et al.[16]	2004	Khozestan	200	10	123	8	77	2
Movahedian et al.[17]	2006	Isfahan	1680	111	ND	ND	ND	ND
Salamati et al.[18]	2006	Tehran	52	11	ND	ND	ND	ND
Milani et al.[19]	2007	Tehran	104	31	ND	ND	ND	ND
Nikavar et al. [20]	2008	Tehran	240	56	ND	ND	ND	ND
Ghorbani et al.[21]	2009	Guilan	298	31	ND	ND	ND	ND
Torkaman et al.[22]	2009	Tehran	114	53	ND	ND	ND	ND
Hashemizadeh et al.[23]	2009	Shiraz	578	78	ND	ND	ND	ND
Shahian et al. [24]	2010	Shiraz	208	90	115	54	93	36
Monsef et al.[25]	2010	Hamadan	417	105	239	60	183	45
Dezfouli Manesh et al.[26]	2011	Kermanshah	2175	90	ND	ND	ND	ND
Aletayeb et al. [27]	2011	Razavi Khorasan	3700	153	ND	ND	ND	ND
Adib et al.[28]	2011	Isfahan	69	20	ND	ND	ND	ND
Karambin et al.[29]	2011	Gilan	611	64	331	37	280	27
Besharati et al.[30]	2011	Khorasan	100	7	ND	ND	ND	ND
Mosayebi et al.[31]	2013	Tehran	1126	104	ND	ND	ND	ND
Ahmadi et al.[32]	2014	Khozestan	405	55	ND	ND	ND	ND
Sharifi Yazdi et al.[33]	2014	Tehran	216	55	ND	ND	ND	ND
Khosravi et al.[34]	2017	Tehran	70	17	39	8	31	9
Afsharpaiman et al.[35]	2019	Tehran	1800	84	ND	ND	ND	ND

ND, not determined