The first case of congenital/connatal malaria from Guyana, South America.
The first case of congenital/connatal malaria from Guyana, South America was discovered in the capital city of Georgetown. The infection of the mother was acquired during a visit to the North West, an area of exclusive vivax malaria and of increasing endemicity.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006172:Guyana; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000151:congenital* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*