Asymptomatic congenital Chagas' disease in a 5-year-old child

A case of asymptomatic Chagas' disease is a 5-year-old boy is described. The boy was born in Romania in 1975 and had never visited an area where Chagas' disease is endemic. It is important bear in mind the possibility of transplacental transmission, in view of increasing number of immigrants and refugees coming from South and Central America.