Introduction
Chagas disease (CD) or American Trypanosomiasis is a major public health problem in Latin America, where the disease burden is nearly 8-times greater than that due to malaria.1 Almost 6 million people are infected worldwide.2 CD is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi ). In endemic countries, T. cruzi is predominantly transmitted vectorially via the faeces of blood-sucking triatomine insects, also known as “kissing or assassin bugs”. In non-endemic countries, infection may occur through blood transfusion, solid organ transplant or during pregnancy. Congenital Chagas disease (cCD) occurs in approximately 5% of chronically infected pregnant women.3 Chagas disease is emerging in Europe due to migration patterns.3, 4 We report the first cases of cCD in Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK).