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Zika Virus Infection and Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Three Patients from Suriname.
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Frontiers in neurology [Front Neurol] 2016 Dec 22; Vol. 7, pp. 233. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Dec 22 (Print Publication: 2016). - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We present three patients from Suriname who were diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during the Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in this country. One patient had a positive ZIKV urine real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) result. The other two patients had a negative ZIKV urine qRT-PCR but a positive virus neutralization test and presence of IgG antibodies against ZIKV in the serum. Considering the evidence of a past ZIKV infection and absence of evidence for recent infections with the most common preceding infections of GBS, it is very likely that these GBS cases were triggered by ZIKV.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1664-2295
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28066317
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2016.00233