Objectives: To report a case of vertical dengue infection in a newborn fromRio de Janeiro, Brazil, and to review the literature concerning this problem. Description: We report a case of vertical dengue infection. Female neonate, birth weight 3,940 g, term, was admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit on the fifth day of life with fever and erythematous rash. Hermother had had dengue fever 3 d...