Table I.
Search term in PubMed and EMBASE
| Nos. | Search terms |
|---|---|
| PubMed (searched on 16 January 2018) | |
| #1 | “Bacterial Infections and Mycoses”[Mesh] OR “Virus Diseases”[Mesh] OR “Parasitic Diseases”[Mesh] OR Infect*[TIAB] OR bacteri*[TIAB] OR virus[TIAB] OR viral[TIAB] OR fungus[TIAB] OR fungi[TIAB] OR fungal[TIAB] OR parasite*[TIAB] |
| #2 | “Maternal Exposure”[Mesh] OR maternal[TIAB] |
| #3 | intrauterine[TIAB] OR “in utero”[TIAB] OR prenatal[TIAB] OR antenatal[TIAB] |
| #4 | “Pregnancy”[Mesh] OR “Pregnant Women”[Mesh] OR “Pregnancy Trimesters”[Mesh] OR pregnan* [TIAB] OR gestation*[TIAB] OR conception*[TIAB] OR trimester*[TIAB] |
| #5 | “Fetus”[Mesh] OR fetus*[TIAB] OR foetus*[TIAB] OR foetal*[TIAB] OR fetal*[TIAB] |
| #6 | “Fetal Blood”[Mesh] OR “Dried Blood Spot Testing”[Mesh] OR cord blood*[TIAB] OR Guthrie card*[TIAB] OR blood spot*[TIAB] |
| #7 | #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 |
| #8 | #1 AND #7 |
| #9 | “Leukemia”[Mesh] OR leukemia[TIAB] OR leukemia[TIAB] |
| #10 | “Infant”[Mesh] OR “Child”[Mesh] OR “Adolescent”[Mesh] OR newborn*[TIAB] OR neonat*[TIAB] OR infan*[TIAB] OR toddler*[TIAB] OR child*[TIAB] OR adolescen*[TIAB] OR juvenile[TIAB] OR teen*[TIAB] OR girl*[TIAB] OR boy*[TIAB] OR youth*[TIAB] OR paediatric*[TIAB] OR pediatric*[TIAB] |
| #11 | #9 AND #10 |
| #12 | #8 AND #11 |
| EMBASE via Ovid (1974 to 15 January 2018) | |
| #1 | exp infection/ or (infect* or bacteri* or virus or viral or fungus or fungi or fungal or parasite*).tw. |
| #2 | maternal exposure/ or maternal.tw. |
| #3 | prenatal exposure/ or prenatal period/ or (intrauterine or in utero or prenatal or antenatal).tw. |
| #4 | exp pregnancy/ or exp conception/ or pregnant woman/ or (pregnan* or gestation* or conception* or trimester*).tw. |
| #5 | fetus/ or (fetus* or foetus* or foetal* or fetal*).tw. |
| #6 | fetus blood/ or umbilical cord blood/ or dried blood spot testing/ or (cord blood* or Guthrie card* or blood spot*).tw. |
| #7 | 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 |
| #8 | 1 and 7 |
| #9 | exp leukemia/ or (leukemia or leukemia).tw. |
| #10 | exp juvenile/ or (newborn* or neonat* or infan* or toddler* or child* or adolescen* or juvenile or teen* or girl* OR boy* or youth* or paediatric* or pediatric*).tw. |
| #11 | 9 and 10 |
| #12 | 8 and 11 |