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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published online on October 9, 2006
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, doi:10.1093/tropej/fml049
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© The Author [2006]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Case Report

Report of a Case of Congenital Malaria Plasmodium malariae in France

L. de Pontual 1 *, I. Poilane 2, F. Ledeur 2, D. Haouchine 3, E. Lachassinne 1, A. Collignon 2, J. Le Bras 3, and J. Gaudelus 1

1 Department of Paediatrics, Jean Verdier Hospital, Bondy, France
2 Department of Microbiology, Jean Verdier Hospital, Bondy, France
3 Department of Parasitology, Bichat hospital, Paris, France

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
L. de Pontual, E-mail: de-pontual{at}necker.fr


  Abstract

Congenital malaria (CM) has been considered to be rare, even in malaria-endemic areas but the disease can result in significant neonatal morbidity. Because of its rarity, the disease may go undiagnosed for a prolonged period in a seriously ill infant. We report the first case of Plasmodium malariae CM from a HIV mother. HIV could have facilitated the transfer of erythrocytic persistent P.malariae through the placenta to the fetus.


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