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Volume 31, Number 9—September 2025

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Imported Malaria and Congenital Acquisition in Infant, Portugal, 2024

Inês Lopes, Joana Dias, Edvaldo Das Neves, Maria Morais, Ana Santos-Reis, Ana M. Garcia, Luis Varandas1, and Dinora Lopes1Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (I. Lopes, E. Das Neves, A. Santos-Reis, L. Varandas, D. Lopes); Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Lisbon (J. Dias); Hospital of Vila Franca de Xira, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal (M. Morais); Unidade Local de Saúde São José EPE Centro de Investigação, Lisbon (A.M. Garcia, L. Varandas)

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Figure 1

Quantitative PCR amplification of samples from infant and mother in study of congenital malaria, Portugal. We obtained results from arithmetic average values of triplicate results. Additional curves represent standard results obtained by serial dilution to determine parasite quantification. Results were 0.07 parasites/µL from infant’s Guthrie card sample 4 days after birth; 1,178.13 parasites/µL from sample taken at hospital admission; 21.99 parasites/µL from sample taken at follow-up appointment; 0.03 parasites/µL from sample taken from the mother at follow-up appointment. RFU, relative fluorescence unit.

Figure 1. Quantitative PCR amplification of samples from infant and mother in study of congenital malaria, Portugal. We obtained results from arithmetic average values of triplicate results. Additional curves represent standard results obtained by serial dilution to determine parasite quantification. Results were 0.07 parasites/µL from infant’s Guthrie card sample 4 days after birth; 1,178.13 parasites/µL from sample taken at hospital admission; 21.99 parasites/µL from sample taken at follow-up appointment; 0.03 parasites/µL from sample taken from the mother at follow-up appointment. RFU, relative fluorescence unit.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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