profiling the approach to the investigation of viral infections in cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy in the western cape province, south africa. | sudden unexpected death in infancy is one of the main contributory factors to high infant mortality rates world-wide. several risk factors, including viral infection, have been implicated in sudi cases, but no single factor has been confirmed as the main cause of death. at the tygerberg medico-legal laboratory, cape town, south africa, investigation of lung tissue for viral infection forms part of an institutional protocol for the examination of cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy. | 2014 | 24727219 |