Zika Virus and the Guillain–Barré Syndrome — Case Series from Seven Countries
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- 20 October 2016
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 375 (16), 1598-1601
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc1609015
Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) disease had been described as a mild, self-limiting illness associated with fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis.1 However, during the outbreak in French Polynesia, 42 patients with ZIKV disease were found to have the Guillain–Barré syndrome, which represented a marked increase from the approximately 5 cases detected annually during the previous 4 years.2 A connection with the Guillain–Barré syndrome had previously been described in association with other flavivirus illnesses3,4 but not with ZIKV infection.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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