Laure Baudouin

TL;DR: This is the first study providing evidence for Zika virus infection causing Guillain-Barré syndrome, and because Zika virus is spreading rapidly across the Americas, at risk countries need to prepare for adequate intensive care beds capacity to manage patients with Guillay-B Barré syndrome.

TL;DR: The effect of this outbreak on health systems, the implementation of vector-borne control strategies, and the line of communication used to alert the international community of the new risk associated with Zika virus are described.

TL;DR: The total number of Guillain-Barré syndrome cases in Martinique would be substantially lower than suggested by simple extrapolations from French Polynesia, and the contribution of modeling to inform local health-care planning during an outbreak was showcased.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of Zika virus and dengue virus infection in developing Guillain-Barre syndrome was assessed in French Polynesia during the outbreak of the Zika virus.