Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control study
Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau,Alexandre Blake,Sandrine Mons,Stéphane Lastère,Claudine Roche,Jessica Vanhomwegen,Timothée Dub,Laure Baudouin,Anita Teissier,P. Larre,Anne-Laure Vial,Christophe Decam,Valérie Choumet,Susan K. Halstead,Hugh J. Willison,Lucile Musset,Jean-Claude Manuguerra,Philippe Desprès,Emmanuel Fournier,Henri-Pierre Mallet,Didier Musso,Arnaud Fontanet,Arnaud Fontanet,Jean Neil,Frédéric Ghawché +24 more
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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.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2016-04-09 and is currently open access. It has received 1925 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Zika virus & Zika virus disease.read more
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Assessment of Local Mosquito Species Incriminates Aedes aegypti as the Potential Vector of Zika Virus in Australia
Sonja Hall-Mendelin,Alyssa T. Pyke,Peter R. Moore,Ian M. Mackay,Jamie McMahon,Scott A. Ritchie,Scott A. Ritchie,Carmel T. Taylor,Frederick Moore,Andrew F. van den Hurk +9 more
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Guillain-Barré syndrome risk among individuals infected with Zika virus: a multi-country assessment.
Luis Mier-y-Teran-Romero,Mark J. Delorey,James J. Sejvar,Michael A. Johansson,Michael A. Johansson +4 more
TL;DR: Estimates of the risk of Guillain–Barré syndrome following an infection with Zika virus, as well as the location-specific incidence of infection and the number of suspect GBS cases reported per infection, can help efforts to prepare for the GBS Cases that may occur during Zika epidemics and highlight the need to better understand the relationship between infection andThe reported incidence of clinical disease.
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Zika Virus and Chikungunya Virus CoInfections: A Series of Three Cases from a Single Center in Ecuador.
Hector Zambrano,Jesse J. Waggoner,Cristina Almeida,Lisette Rivera,Juan Quintana Benjamin,Benjamin A. Pinsky +5 more
TL;DR: Three cases of ZIKV-CHIKV coinfection detected at a single center in Ecuador are described: a patient who developed symptoms on postoperative day 5 from an orthopedic procedure, a woman who had traveled to Ecuador for fertility treatment, and a woman Who was admitted for Guillain-Barré syndrome and had ZikV and CHIKV detected in serum and cerebrospinal fluid.
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Differential Vector Competency of Aedes albopictus Populations from the Americas for Zika Virus.
Sasha R. Azar,Christopher M. Roundy,Shannan L. Rossi,Jing H. Huang,Grace Leal,Ruimei Yun,Ildefonso Fernández-Salas,Christopher J. Vitek,Igor A.D. Paploski,Igor A.D. Paploski,Pamela M. Stark,Jeremy Vela,Mustapha Debboun,Martin Reyna,Uriel Kitron,Guilherme S. Ribeiro,Guilherme S. Ribeiro,Kathryn A. Hanley,Nikos Vasilakis,Scott C. Weaver +19 more
TL;DR: Mosquitoes from the Rio Grande Valley were the most efficient vectors and were capable of shedding all three tested ZIKV strains into saliva after 14 days of extrinsic incubation, indicating that, while Ae.
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Zika Virus, Chikungunya Virus, and Dengue Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Adults with Neurological Manifestations, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Nathalie Acevedo,Jesse J. Waggoner,Michelle D. Rodriguez,Lissette Rivera,José Landivar,Benjamin A. Pinsky,Hector Zambrano +6 more
TL;DR: Seven patients diagnosed with meningitis or encephalitis, three with Guillain–Barré Syndrome, and one with CNS vasculitis were identified in cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients admitted to the Hospital Luis Vernaza with neurological symptoms and/or concern for acute arboviral infections.
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