Malária congênita no município de Leme, SP

Abstract

 

Congenital malaria associated to Plasmodium vivax in a newborn baby (14 days old) is reported. The mother lived in a malarious area, and came up to the county of Leme, São Paulo state, 40 days before baby's birth. Congenital malaria was classified through precocius symptoms, absence of malaria in the county and no history of blood transfusion or parenteral intervention of any sort. The case arises interest because of the necessity of malaria diagnoses suspicion on febril new-borns in non endemic areas, since the mother have lived or stayed in a malarious region.