Zika Getting on Your Nerves? The Association with the Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
@article{Frontera2016ZikaGO, title={Zika Getting on Your Nerves? The Association with the Guillain-Barr{\'e} Syndrome.}, author={J. Frontera and I. D. da Silva}, journal={The New England journal of medicine}, year={2016}, volume={375 16}, pages={ 1581-1582 } }
Parra and colleagues1 report in the Journal the results of a prospective study of 68 Colombian patients who had a syndrome consistent with the Guillain–Barre syndrome, 66 of whom had previously had symptoms of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. Major strengths of this study include the documentation of a temporal relationship between the Guillain–Barre syndrome and ZIKV infection (marked by a substantial increase in the incidence of the Guillain–Barre syndrome after the introduction of ZIKV, from 20… Expand
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