title: Congenitally transmitted visceral leishmaniasis: report of two Brazilian human cases.
abstract: Visceral leishmaniasis is a relevant public health problem worldwide. Most of the reported cases in Latin America are from Brazil. Herein we report two human cases of congenitally transmitted visceral leishmaniasis in two patients who developed symptoms during pregnancy. The diagnosis was made by visual examination of Leishmania parasites in bone marrow aspirates of the mothers and by detecting parasite kDNA in bone marrow samples of the newborn children using polymerase chain reaction.
authors: Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, TO, Brazil.
authors: Myrlena Regina Machado
authors: MR
authors: Mescouto-Borges
authors: Érika
authors: É
authors: Maués
authors: Dorcas Lamounier
authors: DL
authors: Costa
authors: Maria Cristina da Silva
authors: MC
authors: Pranchevicius
authors: Gustavo Adolfo Sierra
authors: GA
authors: Romero
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*; D055815:Young Adult