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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 82, Issue 4, Pages 563-565Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0744
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- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Wellcome Trust
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Vertical transmission of Plasmodium falciparum is under-recognized and usually associated with asymptomatic low-level parasitemia at birth. We report symptomatic congenital malaria presenting as a neonatal sepsis syndrome. The presence at birth of a high asexual parasitemia, gametocytemia, and splenomegaly indicated in uteri) rather than intrapartum transmission. The neonate was successfully treated with intravenous artesunate followed by oral dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, without apparent adverse effects.
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