Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil
Open Access
- 1 March 2016
- journal article
- review article
- Published by FapUNIFESP (SciELO) in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
- Vol. 74 (3), 253-255
- https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282x20160035
Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) is now considered an emerging flavivirosis, with a first large outbreak registered in the Yap Islands in 2007. In 2013, a new outbreak was reported in the French Polynesia, with associated cases of neurological complications including Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The incidence of GBS has increased in Brazil since 2015, what is speculated to be secondary to the ZIKV infection outbreak. The gold-standard test for detection of acute ZIKV infection is the polymerase-chain reaction technique, an essay largely unavailable in Brazil. The diagnosis of GBS is feasible even in resource-limited areas using the criteria proposed by the GBS Classification Group, which is based solely on clinical grounds. Further understanding on the relationship of ZIKV with neurological complications is a research urgency.Keywords
This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- Zika Virus Associated with MicrocephalyNew England Journal of Medicine, 2016
- Entry routes for Zika virus in Brazil after 2014 world cup: New possibilitiesTravel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2016
- Zika virus: following the path of dengue and chikungunya?The Lancet, 2015
- Potential Sexual Transmission of Zika VirusEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
- Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014Eurosurveillance, 2014
- Evidence of perinatal transmission of Zika virus, French Polynesia, December 2013 and February 2014Eurosurveillance, 2014
- Probable Non–Vector-borne Transmission of Zika Virus, Colorado, USAEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
- Zika Virus Outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of MicronesiaNew England Journal of Medicine, 2009
- Full-length sequencing and genomic characterization of Bagaza, Kedougou, and Zika virusesArchiv für die gesamte Virusforschung, 2007
- Isolation of Zika Virus from Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes in Malaysia *The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1969