Figure 1

Schematic representation of the major events reported in this case. Diagnosis, treatment and symptoms are reported as they occurred in a chronological manner. Following the P. vivax positive blood smear diagnosis, the patient remained hospitalized until delivery, when placental tissue and mother's peripheral blood samples were collected and molecular analyses were performed. Two months after foetal loss, a new blood sample was collected, allowing P. falciparum molecular diagnosis by nested-PCR.