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SUBMITTER: Munoz LS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5853915 | biostudies-other | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Muñoz Laura S LS Parra Beatriz B Pardo Carlos A CA
The Journal of infectious diseases 20171201 suppl_10
The 2015-2016 epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and the Caribbean was associated with an unprecedented burden of neurological disease among adults. Clinically, Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) predominated among regions affected by the ZIKV epidemic, but the spectrum of neurological disease in the adults appears broader as cases of encephalopathy, encephalitis, meningitis, myelitis, and seizures have also been reported. A para-infectious temporal profile of ZIKV-associated GBS (ZIKV-GBS ...[more]