Infection and neonatal encephalopathy

Eleanor J Molloy^{1

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6}, Aoife Branagan^{7

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10}, Cynthia Bearer^{11

12}, Eric S Peeples^{13

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Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
² Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
³ Trinity Research in Childhood Centre (TRiCC), Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁴ Neonatology, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin & Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁵ Neurodisability, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin & Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁶ Paediatrics, Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁷ Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁸ Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁹ Neonatology, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin & Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁰ Paediatrics, Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹² Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Neonatology, Children's Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA.
¹⁵ Child Health Research Institute, Omaha, NE, USA.

Eleanor J Molloy et al. Pediatr Res. 2026 Feb.

. 2026 Feb;99(3):858-860.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04129-3. Epub 2025 Jul 9.

Eleanor J Molloy^{1

2

3

4

5

6}, Aoife Branagan^{7

8

9

10}, Cynthia Bearer^{11

12}, Eric S Peeples^{13

14

15}

¹ Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
² Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
³ Trinity Research in Childhood Centre (TRiCC), Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁴ Neonatology, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin & Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁵ Neurodisability, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin & Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁶ Paediatrics, Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁷ Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁸ Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁹ Neonatology, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin & Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁰ Paediatrics, Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹² Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Neonatology, Children's Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA.
¹⁵ Child Health Research Institute, Omaha, NE, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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