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A Case of Congenital Malaria

Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 2003;46(8):821-825.
Published online August 15, 2003.
A Case of Congenital Malaria
Eun Jin Lee1, Hyen Ho Chang1, Chong Guk Lee1, Chong Rae Cho2
1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Ilsan, Korea
2Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Ilsan, Korea
신생아에서 발생한 선천성 말라리아 1례
이은진1, 장현오1, 이종국1, 조종래2
1인제대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
2인제대학교 의과대학 진단검사의학교실
Correspondence: 
Chong Guk Lee, Email: chonglee@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
Abstract
Malaria is known to have been eradicated for a few decades through the persistent efforts of the national health program in South Korea. However, malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax has started to reappear incidiously among military personnel near to the De-militarized Zone since 1993. From that time on the number of malarial cases have increased abruptly year by year. However, congenital malaria in a neonate is extreamly rare in Korea. We experienced one case of malaria in a neonate who was born from a mother affected by malaria. This neonate was born at 33+3 weeks of gestational age. Here we present this case with a brief review of the literature.
Key Words: Congenital malaria, Plasmodium vivax


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