Congenital kala-azar
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Pathogens and Global Health
- Vol. 83 (5) , 535-537
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1989.11812383
Abstract
An 11-month-old male infant was admitted to hospital with fever, pallor and hepatosplenomegaly, and was diagnosed as having kala-azar. The mother also suffered from kala-azar while carrying this baby. As the baby and the mother did not leave Delhi [India] either during or after delivery, and the vector found in Delhi is not competent to transmit leishmaniasis, the infant could not have been infected by the bite of a sandfly. It therefore seems most likely that he was infected in utero-a rare route.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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