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SUBMITTER: GeurtsvanKessel CH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5945960 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
GeurtsvanKessel Corine H CH Islam Zhahirul Z Islam Md Badrul MB Kamga Sandra S Papri Nowshin N van de Vijver David A M C DAMC Reusken Chantal C Mogling Ramona R Heikema Astrid P AP Jahan Israt I Pradel Florence K FK Pavlicek Rebecca L RL Mohammad Quazi D QD Koopmans Marion P G MPG Jacobs Bart C BC Endtz Hubert P HP
Annals of clinical and translational neurology 20180406 5
<h4>Objective</h4>Previous studies have associated Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreaks in South America and Oceania. In Asia, ZIKV is known to circulate widely, but the association with Guillain-Barré syndrome is unclear. We investigated whether endemic ZIKV infection is associated with the development of GBS.<h4>Methods</h4>A prospective study was conducted from 2011 to 2015 in Bangladesh. A total of 418 patients and 418 healthy family controls were included in the st ...[more]