Imported Malaria and Congenital Acquisition in Infant, Portugal, 2024
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Plasmodium falciparum infection was diagnosed in a 3-month-old baby in Portugal by optical microscopy. The mother had had malaria in Angola 13 months earlier, before she emigrated to Portugal. She remained asymptomatic throughout and after pregnancy. We confirmed the diagnosis of an imported malaria case and congenital transmission using molecular techniques.
Source: Emerging infectious diseases
Authors: Inês Lopes, Joana Dias, Edvaldo Das Neves, Maria Morais, Ana Santos-Reis, Ana M. Garcia, Luis Varandas, Dinora Lopes
Language: English
Topic: Malaria Research and Control
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413636610