title: Congenital malaria in a European country.
abstract: A newborn of 26 days, born in Lisbon, Portugal, presented with fever, anaemia and thrombocytopaenia. She was admitted considering neonatal sepsis, but Plasmodium vivax was identified in the second peripheral blood smear performed. Parenteral quinine was started with good evolution. Despite clinicians' unfamiliarity with congenital malaria in non-endemic areas, this diagnosis, although rare, should not be forgotten in the evaluation of newborns/infants born to women from endemic areas or with recent trip to these areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal. anaritaprior@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ana Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Prior
authors.forename: Filipa
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Prata
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mouzinho
authors.forename: José Gonçalo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011174:Portugal