[Correspondence] Guillain-Barr é syndrome and arboviral infection in Brazil

Among the clinical manifestations associated with the recent Zika infection outbreak in South America and elsewhere are rash, conjunctivitis, Guillain-Barr é syndrome (GBS) in exposed adults, and in the newborn so-called congenital Zika syndrome, especially microcephaly.1 After accumulating epidemiological data from the French Polynesia2 outbreak, attention has now focused on Zika infection as a trigger of GBS. The case for a specific, causal associat ion between acute Zika infection and subsequent GBS was strongly made: 42 individuals were diagnosed with GBS, of whom all had Zika neutralising antibodies.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - June 22, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tatjana Souza Lima Keesen, Roque P de Almeida, Bruna Mac êdo Gois, Rephany Fonseca Peixoto, Anna Stella Cysneiros Pachá, Fernanda Carolina Fernandes Vieira, Marcelo Paixão, Rodrigo Cazzaniga, Rosemary J Boyton, Daniel M Altmann Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research